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An hour with Martin Amis: The celebrated author spoke on legacy, awards, and his latest book at Tata Literature Live
FirstpostOn 21 November, Martin Amis, the celebrated British author with a literary career spanning some four decades, sat down on a cold night in New York to have chat with journalist Anil Dharker, in Mumbai, for the plague year’s version of city’s literature festival. There was a sense of casualness, at least from Amis’ side, who took drags from his e-cigarette and seemed rather at home with the across-continents-over-screens nature of affairs. The memoir-cum-fiction, where the main character is called Martin Amis, and the unfolding events take shape from the author’s own life, is Amis’ 15th novel, and he admits it has taken him a long time to produce. When asked if it ever distressed him that he never won a Booker Prize or any other award of note, Amis talked like a man with wisdom that usually/hopefully comes with age.
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