Martin Amis talks to Mark Lawson (Part One)

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13 жыл бұрын

Mark Lawson talks to notorious literary bad boy Martin Amis ahead of the BBC dramatisation of his book Money. In this revealing interview Amis speaks candidly about his relationship with his father Kingsley Amis, which survived the breakup of his parents' marriage and his father's disinterest in reading Martin's books. Amis also reveals how his sister Sally was a 'victim of the sexual revolution' whose consequent struggles in life influenced his latest book The Pregnant Widow.

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@bed5513 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Amis, I first heard your voice when being interviewed by one of my countries greatest hosts, Eleanor Wachtel. Thank you for introducing to another level of historical discourse.

@HkFinn83 2 ай бұрын

He fulfilled his own prophecy about ageing writers with ‘Yellow Dog’

@FrankieParadiso4evah 4 жыл бұрын

My goodness, Mark Lawson palatalizes even more than Professor Severus Snape! Martin Amis has exactly the same timbre as David Coverdale, though I'm glad they never switched. Imagine MA yelling "Ah've bin mistreatidddd!" and DC penning "Yellow Dog"...

@PoetlaureateNFDL 11 жыл бұрын

Martin Amis is amazing. A novel's struggle with excellence, fascinating.

@craigpsimpson 12 жыл бұрын

AMis is constantly described as a 'bad boy' or 'controversial' - I have not seen nor read any evidence or this yet. A perfectly reasonable man.

@apexxxx10 11 жыл бұрын

Kiitos

@kkwillsaveus 12 жыл бұрын

How is he so effortlessly superior?

@louduva9849 Жыл бұрын

It's effortless.

@ybot1983 12 жыл бұрын

I want a Martin Amis rfor my ringtone

@anthonyperry7296 10 жыл бұрын

When Martin Amis writes, he feeds on the flesh of easy targets, and his middle class fans enjoy the read. When being criticised about his writing, he plays the victim. I have never heard him speak in his talented literary way about the fun he derives from his style of writing, and that leaves him wanting ( in my opinion)

@Viewingpublic08 12 жыл бұрын

Why has Martin had his delightful nose bobbed?

@charlespeterson3798 5 жыл бұрын

"A negative eureka"? And that would be? Help me. Oh.... F###K.

@anthonyperry7296 10 жыл бұрын

Martins novels are mostly him projecting himself on his characters.

@cmhardin37 6 жыл бұрын

Anthony Perry ok

@user-sw2lv3zp6o 8 жыл бұрын

Hilarious.

@charlieprice3881 Жыл бұрын

Kreutzer Sonata is better than dreadful. Plus... Hadji Murat, 1904, masterpiece, right at the end of Tolstoy's life. Lazily argued point in this interview.

@Mugwump187 13 жыл бұрын

@banchtants Pretty ballsy when he had a pop at Russel Crowe's shit accent in Robin Hood mind.

@badparrotproductions4054 9 жыл бұрын

The idea that there is a kind of regional character about how men pursue woman seems to me absurd . Are the English always diffident ? Are the Americans always confident? Is there any statistical support for this. i doubt it .