Other People

Martin Amis was twenty-three when he wrote his first novel, The Rachel Papers (1973). Over the next half century – in fourteen more novels, two collections of short stories, eight works of literary criticism and reportage, and his acclaimed memoir, Experience – he established himself as the most distinctive and influential prose stylist of his generation. To many of his readers, Amis was also the funniest. His intoxicating comedic gifts express a profound understanding of the human experience, particularly its most shocking cruelties, and Amis wrote with pathos and verve on an astonishing range of subjects, from masculinity and movie violence to nuclear weapons and Nazi doctors. His books, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages, provide an indelible portrait and critique of late-capitalist society at the turn of the twenty-first century. He died in 2023.

"For all its savagery - Other People is a funny book - an achievement light years ahead of his earlier novels" The Times "Powerful and electrifying... Other People is a metaphysical thriller, Kafka reshot in the style of Psycho" J. G. Ballard "One of the most gifted novelists of his generation" Time "Amis is a force unto himself... There is, quite simply, no one else like him" -- Jonathan Yardley Washington Post Book World "Other People is "about" a descent into Hell, Hell being "other people" - it's a very strange and impressive performance" Observer