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Open Book: Martin Amis

27/09/2020

Martin Amis

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Martin Amis

Martin Amis talks about Inside Story: A Novel, which was to be his last full-length book.

In an edition of Open Book recorded in 2020 for the publication of Inside Story: A Novel, Martin Amis talks to the writer and broadcaster Elizabeth Day. 
Inside Story was his last book, a largely autobiographical work, it included lengthy examinations of the mentors and friends who helped define him – Christopher Hitchens, Saul Bellow, Philip Larkin and his father, Kingsley Amis. In the programme, Martin Amis talked candidly about those influential relationships on his life and gives his thoughts on Donald Trump, cancel culture and the power of satire.

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