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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) 20:45 - May 20 with 4823 viewsPerublue


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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 20:53 - May 20 with 3437 viewsKeno

Blimey that gave me a start!

Had to double check who you meant

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 20:54 - May 20 with 3433 viewsRyorry

Great writer.

R.I.P.

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 20:54 - May 20 with 3432 viewsSitfcB

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 20:53 - May 20 by Keno

Blimey that gave me a start!

Had to double check who you meant


Yeah me too!!

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:03 - May 20 with 3399 viewsPerublue

I remember finding a well thumbed copy of London Fields left in a room in some default backpackers hotel after many months in India back in the very early part of this century ... it was like finding gold.

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:15 - May 20 with 3346 viewsPhilTWTD

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:03 - May 20 by Perublue

I remember finding a well thumbed copy of London Fields left in a room in some default backpackers hotel after many months in India back in the very early part of this century ... it was like finding gold.


Bit shocked to read the news. Loved London Fields, Money, Time's Arrow, Dead Babies and others. Time for a reread.
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:17 - May 20 with 3333 viewsBloomBlue

Time's arrow get us all in the end
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:21 - May 20 with 3314 viewsPhilTWTD

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:17 - May 20 by BloomBlue

Time's arrow get us all in the end


"We cry at both ends of life, while the doctor watches."
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:23 - May 20 with 3300 viewsSwansea_Blue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:17 - May 20 by BloomBlue

Time's arrow get us all in the end


Ah, that’s why it rings a bell. I had that book as a text in my first year at Uni. In that case, good riddance! (Only joking of course, although I didn’t enjoy it as a course text).

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:28 - May 20 with 3284 viewsGlasgowBlue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 20:53 - May 20 by Keno

Blimey that gave me a start!

Had to double check who you meant


Me too Keno. Checked my pulse. All good.

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:30 - May 20 with 3271 viewsKeno

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:28 - May 20 by GlasgowBlue

Me too Keno. Checked my pulse. All good.


No offence to mr Amis but Phew!!

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:33 - May 20 with 3249 viewsSwansea_Blue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 20:54 - May 20 by Ryorry

Great writer.

R.I.P.


What? Did you even read his blog?

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:03 - May 20 with 3185 viewsDJR

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:15 - May 20 by PhilTWTD

Bit shocked to read the news. Loved London Fields, Money, Time's Arrow, Dead Babies and others. Time for a reread.


Yep. Certainly one of the best British authors of the last forty odd years.
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:12 - May 20 with 3153 viewsPhilTWTD

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:03 - May 20 by DJR

Yep. Certainly one of the best British authors of the last forty odd years.


Good journalism as well on big subjects, nuclear holocaust, the Soviet Union.
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:20 - May 20 with 3142 viewsRyorry

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:03 - May 20 by DJR

Yep. Certainly one of the best British authors of the last forty odd years.


Excellent obit from the Gruadian -

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/martin-amis-era-defining-british-n

"His 1984 novel Money was named by Robert McCrum in the Guardian as among the 100 best novels written in English."

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:29 - May 20 with 3121 viewsPhilTWTD

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:20 - May 20 by Ryorry

Excellent obit from the Gruadian -

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/martin-amis-era-defining-british-n

"His 1984 novel Money was named by Robert McCrum in the Guardian as among the 100 best novels written in English."


So many great excerpts being posted on Twitter, but think this is probably the most poignant in the circumstances.



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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:35 - May 20 with 3090 viewsPhilTWTD

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 22:12 - May 20 by PhilTWTD

Good journalism as well on big subjects, nuclear holocaust, the Soviet Union.


And, I forgot, there is a Town connection, he spent time with Keith Deller when he was writing London Fields and wrote a piece about him. I asked Keith D about it when he was on Life's a Pitch once and he wasn't overly impressed at the characterisation of Keith Talent, the darts player in the novel, whose wife, like his own, was called Kim!
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 23:47 - May 20 with 3011 viewsPerublue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:28 - May 20 by GlasgowBlue

Me too Keno. Checked my pulse. All good.


I'm out of the loop sorry...who did you guys think it might be initially ?

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 23:55 - May 20 with 3000 viewsBondiBlue

Still need to finish 'money'. I've had a copy for about 20 years.

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:01 - May 21 with 2994 viewsPerublue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 23:55 - May 20 by BondiBlue

Still need to finish 'money'. I've had a copy for about 20 years.


....Which reminds me, thank you very much that I have had a copy of Moneyball for over 10 years that still needs to be read.
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:05 - May 21 with 2982 viewsBondiBlue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:01 - May 21 by Perublue

....Which reminds me, thank you very much that I have had a copy of Moneyball for over 10 years that still needs to be read.
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Haven't listened to 'money' by pink floyd for a while either.

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:10 - May 21 with 2977 viewsPerublue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:05 - May 21 by BondiBlue

Haven't listened to 'money' by pink floyd for a while either.


Coincidentally, last night we bought tickets to see Roger Waters in concert in November.
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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:11 - May 21 with 2969 viewsBondiBlue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:10 - May 21 by Perublue

Coincidentally, last night we bought tickets to see Roger Waters in concert in November.
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Bet that cost you a bit of ... cash?

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:16 - May 21 with 2947 viewsPerublue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:11 - May 21 by BondiBlue

Bet that cost you a bit of ... cash?


Pat or Johnny ..... Headband or Empire of dirt ?

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:36 - May 21 with 2917 viewsBondiBlue

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 00:16 - May 21 by Perublue

Pat or Johnny ..... Headband or Empire of dirt ?


Hard to compare and pick a favourite but i'll go for joaquin phoenix in walk the line

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RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 01:20 - May 21 with 2908 viewsBlueBadger

RIP Martin Amis n/t (n/t) on 21:21 - May 20 by PhilTWTD

"We cry at both ends of life, while the doctor watches."


Spoiler alert: the doctor only turns up when you're cooling. It's the work experience person who sees you die.

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