RIP Martin Amis, 73.

[frorider]

Well fuck. Do I retire my avatar?

He could take one look at me- at the ashtray, the bottle, the four pots of coffee, my face, and my gut set like a stone on the white band of the towel- he could take one look at me and be pretty sure i ran on heavy fuel.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...t-dies-aged-73

[frorider]

Refreshed by a brief blackout, I got to my feet and went next door.

…

[KQ]

Money was/is a hell of a novel

[Bunion 2020]

His Obits are a good read as well. Keep the avatar.

[EWG]

Money was/is a hell of a novel

Absolutely true.

[ötzi]

Guy could write and had a viewpoint, I liked his work.. RIP

[dookeyXXX]

Was wholly unfamiliar with him up to this point.
I actually had him confused with his father…

I always thought Frorider’s avatar was a young Danny Aiello, too.

Martin’s novels sound cool from the Wikipedia entries I gleaned.
So much so that I may have to add them to my always expanding/never ending “To Read” list.

[CarlMega]

I always thought Frorider’s avatar was a young Danny Aiello, too.

I was going with a shot of Nick Cave during a less glamorous moment.

Now I need to read up.

[frorider]

Along with Hunter S Thompson and Edward Abbey, one could argue than Martin A should be required reading for maggots. Nabokov writing about Hookers and Blow, essentially. And mini malls. And mega churches. And….

Standing in the nordic nook of the kitchen, I can gaze down at the flimsy-limbed joggers heading south towards the Park. It's nearly as bad as New York. Some of these gasping fatsos, these too-little-too-late artists, they look as though they're running up rising ground, climbing ground. My generation, we started all this. Before, everyone was presumably content to feel like death the whole time. Now they want to feel terrific for ever.

[dookeyXXX]

Guess I’ve got some catching up to do as I’ve never read Abbey, either.

I must say that I am intrigued to read MONEY. And then watch SATURN 3…

[CarlMega]

I must say that I am intrigued to read MONEY. And then watch SATURN 3…

Got some travel and was looking for Money on audible but no-go in USA. Bummer. But London Fields is available - anyone like that one?

[EWG]

Got some travel and was looking for Money on audible but no-go in USA. Bummer. But London Fields is available - anyone like that one?

Yup. I enjoyed it. Worth listening to.

[frorider]

Got some travel and was looking for Money on audible but no-go in USA. Bummer. But London Fields is available - anyone like that one?

Yes, although it’s been a lonnnng time since I read it.

Although he liked nearly everything else about himself, Keith hated his redeeming features. In his view they constituted his only major shortcoming -his one tragic flaw.

There’s a female character—Nicola I think—that was memorable…