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Showing posts with label Martin Amis. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Martin Amis. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

The Booker goes blokey: what David Szalay's Flesh tells us about masculinity in fiction

David Szalay's Flesh is many things: stark, relentless, deeply bodily. But above all, it may be the most blokey Booker winner we've...

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Where to start with Martin Amis: The style, satire and the savage beauty of language

With writers you grew up reading, their departure leaves a space in your life that is as close to an ache as books and literature can get. T...

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Dialogue that does double duty: How to advance plot and reveal character

Dialogue isn’t just there to make characters sound like they’re speaking. It’s one of the most powerful tools in a novelist’s kit. The righ...

Thursday, 31 October 2024

The new bookshelves are finished

It’s taken a long time, but finally, books are out of the loft and up on the new bookshelves. Reading chair also very comfy. It makes me ver...

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