The Amis Papers
Martin LocockThe Amis papers is a podcast reviewing Martin Amis's fiction one book at a time, from the Rachel Papers to Inside Story, and Kingsley Amis's fiction from Lucky Jim to The Biographer's Moustache.The podcast is hosted by Martin Locock, a poet and author, who likes most of the Amis's work.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 32 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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Amis presents a fairy tale in which a Sleeping Beauty is saved by love, dressed up as a satire of the ultra rich and 1960s talk shows. Ronnie Appleyard, ambitious and selfish, meets Simona Quick, listless heiress, and struggles to prise her away from... more
This episode looks at Amis's contributions to the James Bond literature - Colonel Sun, his continuation of the Fleming series, set in the Greek islands, and a critical review of Fleming's work as a whole. I discuss whether the novel works as a Bond b... more
A change in approach, with a sort-of thriller in the near future, following an experimental army unit preparing to use a secret and terrible weapon. But much of the story is about love, and Amis abandons irony while exploring whether the existence of... more
What is the Metropolitan Egyptological Society and why does it discourage public and media enquiries? It is impossible to answer this question without spoilers so I've included a warning at the point where all is revealed.
I discuss the co-author R... more
The adventures, mainly amorous, of Roger Micheldene, soaked in sin, fat, rude, and angry, in suburban America, as he tries to persuade Helene Bangs to leave her husband for him. Many readers mistake the target for the satire: it is Micheldene and the... more
Kingsley Amis's longest, and some say his best, novel, recounts the tortuous relationship of innocent Jenny Bunn and lascivious Patrick Standish as they negotiate societal mores and personal boundaries in a pre-Pill world. In this episode I explore t... more
Amis complains about going abroad and foreigners (and expats) while his main ire is aimed at the literature tradition of English writers imbuing Mediterranean cultures with a deep understanding inaccessible to those without the means to travel. Amis'... more
The tale of 'Unlucky John', trapped in an unsatisfying job and home life in Swansea, offered an escape route through an affair with a bored wife and her hard-partying friends. In this episode I discuss the parallels with Amis's own life, whether anxi... more
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