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Martin Amis (1949–2023)

Autor(a) de Money: A Suicide Note

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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
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Obras de Martin Amis

Money: A Suicide Note (1984) 3,280 cópias
London Fields (1989) 3,250 cópias
The Information (1995) 2,167 cópias
The Rachel Papers (1973) 1,683 cópias
Night Train (1997) 1,485 cópias
Experience (2000) 1,238 cópias
Dead Babies (1975) 1,017 cópias
House of Meetings (2006) 950 cópias
Yellow Dog (2003) 932 cópias
Heavy Water and Other Stories (1999) 736 cópias
Success (1978) 725 cópias
The Pregnant Widow (2010) 623 cópias
Einstein's Monsters (1987) 611 cópias
The Zone of Interest: A novel (2014) 610 cópias
Other People (1981) 600 cópias
Lionel Asbo: State of England (2012) 520 cópias
Inside Story: A novel (2020) 189 cópias
God's Dice (1995) 134 cópias
Vintage Amis (2004) 38 cópias
Lucky Jim/The Rachel Papers (1864) 23 cópias
Saturn 3 [1980 film] (2013) — Screenwriter — 21 cópias
Pornoland (2004) 17 cópias
Career Move 6 cópias
This Land (2021) 2 cópias
Amis Martin 1 exemplar(es)
Im Vulkan: Essays (2018) 1 exemplar(es)
LA STORIA DA DENTRO (2023) 1 exemplar(es)
Lionel Asbo 1 exemplar(es)
Oktober 1 exemplar(es)
Journeys 1 exemplar(es)
Vernon. Racconto 1 exemplar(es)
Denton's Death 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Lolita (1955) — Introdução, algumas edições31,621 cópias
LARANJA MECÂNICA (1962) — Prefácio, algumas edições25,760 cópias
The Drowned World (1962) — Introdução, algumas edições2,749 cópias
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Contribuinte — 1,130 cópias
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris (2011) — Cover photo, algumas edições791 cópias
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (2001) — Introdução — 710 cópias
The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage (1997) — Introdução, algumas edições487 cópias
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1989) — Contribuinte — 429 cópias
The New Gothic: A Collection of Contemporary Gothic Fiction (1991) — Contribuinte — 256 cópias
Bad Trips (1991) — Contribuinte — 233 cópias
Granta 87: Jubilee! The 25th Anniversary Issue (2004) — Contribuinte — 201 cópias
Granta 25: The Murderee (1988) — Contribuinte — 162 cópias
Granta 34: Death of a Harvard Man (1990) — Contribuinte — 159 cópias
Granta 63: Beasts (1998) — Contribuinte — 132 cópias
Granta 33: What Went Wrong? (1990) — Contribuinte — 131 cópias
Granta 47: Losers (1994) — Contribuinte — 128 cópias
Granta 36: Vargas Llosa for President (1991) — Contribuinte — 126 cópias
Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge (1993) — Contribuinte — 119 cópias
Granta 7: Best of Young British Novelists (1983) — Contribuinte — 91 cópias
CYBERSEX (1996) — Contribuinte — 77 cópias
The Mammoth Book of New Erotica (1998) — Contribuinte — 77 cópias
Time Travelers (Fiction in the Fourth Dimension) (1997) — Contribuinte — 64 cópias
Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis (2011) — Editor — 61 cópias
Timescapes (1997) — Contribuinte — 57 cópias
Granta 13: After the Revolution (1984) — Contribuinte — 54 cópias
Realms of Darkness (1985) — Contribuinte — 44 cópias
Granta 4: Beyond the Crisis (1989) — Contribuinte — 36 cópias
Stories To Get You Through The Night (2010) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias
The Bedside Guardian 2018 (2018) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
The Story About the Story Vol. II (2013) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias
Travelling Hopefully: A Golden Age of Travel Writing (2006) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias

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Continues to be quite brilliant on literature and dreadful on politics.
 
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P1g5purt | outras 6 resenhas | Mar 26, 2024 |
Tren nocturno
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)
 
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libreriarofer | outras 31 resenhas | Feb 17, 2024 |
John Self, the would-be movie mogul starring in Martin Amis' Money, combines the buffoonery of Ignatius J. Reilly with the social hijinks of early Pynchon, all related in a lingo reminiscent of Alex's "Nadsat" from A Clockwork Orange. Unfortunately, Self's act is not as entertaining as Reilly's, his missteps trend criminal rather than comical and his verbiage feels flat and out-of-tune. Self alternates between London, where he is struggling to maintain a relationship with his slutty, money-grubbing girlfriend, Selina Street, and New York, where he is busy bringing his first movie, Good Money, into existence under the tutelage of his producer, Fielding Goodney, while being stalked by the mysterious Frank the Phone, whose threatening phone calls recount the misdeeds Self commits whilst both sober and blackout drunk.

Maybe I'm just not cut out for satire. I found the quantities of alcohol Self consumes unbelievable without being comical, his womanizing and misogyny disturbing. Toss in some homophobic and otherwise idiotic ramblings and you've got a protagonist who doesn't elicit much sympathy as he meanders through his own life more like a juvenile than a thirty-five-year-old adult. Particularly odd is Amis' insertion of his fictional self into the novel, rewriting the movie script and in the process unintentionally rescuing Self. I suppose this ending, with a wiser Self recognizing the error of his ways, makes this a coming-of-age story—one that feels accidental rather than merited.

Despite its supposed inspiration from Amis' Hollywood experiences, another book on the All-TIME 100 list that failed to live up to its billing, and one that likely wouldn't get published in today's environment.
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skavlanj | outras 54 resenhas | Jan 23, 2024 |
I read this book post-college in the early 1980s. I probably thought it was amusing/rock and roll/wild. Rereading it at middle age, it just doesn't work that well. Amis's writing is always loaded with pyrotechnics but the net effect of the book is pure ennui and despair.
 
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monicaberger | outras 14 resenhas | Jan 22, 2024 |

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