Martin Amis (1949–2023)
Autor(a) de Money: A Suicide Note
About the Author
Martin Amis, son of the novelist Kingsley Amis, was born August 25, 1949. His childhood was spent traveling with his famous father. From 1969 to 1971 he attended Exeter College at Oxford University. After graduating, he worked for the Times Literary Supplement and later as special writer for the mostrar mais Observer. Amis published his first novel, The Rachel Papers, in 1973, which received the prestigious Somerset Maugham Award in 1974. Other titles include Dead Babies (1976), Other People: A Mystery Story (1981); London Fields (1989), The Information (1995), and Night Train (1997). Martin Amis has been called the voice of his generation. His novels are controversial, often satiric and dark, concentrating on urban low life. His style has been compared to that of Graham Greene, Philip Larkin and Saul Bellow, among others. He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester. In 2008, The Times named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)
Obras por Martin Amis
The Rub of Time: Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump: Essays and Reportage, 1994-2017 (2017) 179 exemplares
Career Move 6 exemplares
Amis Martin 1 exemplar
Lionel Asbo: state of England 1 exemplar
Author, Author [short story] 1 exemplar
Lionel Asbo 1 exemplar
Straight Fiction – Etero Fiction 1 exemplar
Let Me Count the Times [short story] 1 exemplar
Oktober 1 exemplar
The Janitor on Mars [short story] 1 exemplar
Journeys 1 exemplar
Vernon. Racconto 1 exemplar
Denton's Death 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris (2011) — Cover photo, algumas edições — 791 exemplares
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contribuidor — 706 exemplares
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contribuidor — 364 exemplares
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contribuidor — 345 exemplares
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Contribuidor — 216 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Amis, Martin Louis
- Data de nascimento
- 1949-08-25
- Data de falecimento
- 2023-05-19
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Lake Worth, Florida, USA
- Causa da morte
- esophageal cancer
- Locais de residência
- Cardiff, Wales
Uruguay
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Spain
London, England, UK - Educação
- Oxford University (BA|1971|Exeter College | English)
- Ocupações
- literary editor
editorial assistant
journalist
novelist - Relações
- Amis, Kingsley (father)
- Organizações
- The New Statesman
Times Literary Supplement - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1983)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1983)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2000)
Somerset Maugham Award (1974) - Agente
- Andrew Wylie (The Wylie Agency)
Membros
Discussions
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE MAY 2015 - MARGARET DRABBLE AND MARTIN AMIS em 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Junho 2015)
Críticas
Listas
Favourite Books (2)
To Read (1)
hopes (1)
Booker Prize (2)
My TBR (2)
A Novel Cure (2)
2000s decade (1)
Arctic novels (1)
100 New Classics (1)
Backlisted (1)
Read These Too (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 48
- Also by
- 35
- Membros
- 26,926
- Popularidade
- #767
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 450
- ISBN
- 687
- Línguas
- 23
- Marcado como favorito
- 88
Martin Amis
Publicado: 1997 | 145 páginas
Novela Drama Policial Psicológico
Mike Hoolihan, detective del departamento de homicidios, es una mujer muy especial: voz varonil, no demasiado agraciada físicamente, aficionada al Johnny Walker, fumadora, sarcástica, pesimista, malhablada y con una visión algo desencantada de las relaciones humanas y de los hombres (siempre se ha enamorado de la persona equivocada). Es una de las mejores policías del cuerpo, con una especial habilidad para resolver los casos de asesinato más complicados. Acaba de resolver su último caso y se dispone a relatarnos los detalles del mismo: la investigación del supuesto suicidio —para ella, se trata en realidad de un homicidio— de Jennifer Rockwell, la hija Trader, de uno de los agentes más importantes del departamento por quien Mike siente un afecto especial. Por este motivo, pondrá especial empeño en descubrir al asesino de la joven.… (mais)