Martin Amis acquired a first-class degree in English from Oxford University. His first novel Rachel Papers won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1973. He is the son of Kingsley Amis who also shared a penchant for characterisation and intellectual wit. Afterwards he worked on the Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman.
Book Review:Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn`t come off quite as he expects.
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Book Review:Gregory Riding`s life is a series of titillating conquests. Sister, employers, acquaintances are but co-stars among a cast of thousands to have passed through his busy bed. His foster brother has to make do with his leavings as he pursues his existence of squalid mediocrity, no match for the dazzling exploits of the narcissistic fop upstairs. But roles are reversed when Success swivels her capricious head.
Book Review:Xan Meo is attacked in a pub garden and suffers head injuries. Afterwards his personality changes so much so that he seems like an anti-Xan. All his values are distorted.