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The Pregnant Widow – A Review

The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I can seen why some reviewers had a problem with this book. It’s talky, and there doesn’t seem to be much going on. But that’s also kind of what I loved about it. It was just what the doctor ordered for the start

Other People

The last novel I finished reading was Other People by my hero Martin Amis. It wasn’t his best showing. It was one of his early novels, and it feels like he struggled with the storytelling aspect of the novel. His trademark style (hard, accurate prose, black humor) was taking shape, but it took one more