Experience

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'Martin Amis is a seriously good writer, and never on better form than now. Experience, the book of his life, may be the book of his life' Daily Telegraph In this remarkable work of autobiography, the son of the great comic novelist Kingsley Amis explores his relationship with his father and writes about the various crises of Kingsley's life, including the final one of his death. Amis also reflects on the life and legacy of his cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's most prolific serial murderers. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

Martin Amis is the author of ten novels, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories and six collections of non-fiction. He lives in New York.

Remarkable. -- Laurence Coupe * Times Higher Education * A scrupulous and candid writer * Guardian * His memoir is dazzling, provocative and mordant -- Arthur Smith * The Week * Funny, sad, moving and absolutely riveting * Daily Telegraph * On virtually every page there is a phrase that is blissfully funny and ingenious...never less than compelling * Mail on Sunday *