In the third extract from Toby Muse’s interview with Martin Amis, Toby Muse discusses Obama’s election, and the implications for America’s relationship with rest of the world. (If you missed it, Part 1 and Part 2 are here.) Since 9/11, Amis has been seen as an increasingly conservative voice on world politics, particularly controversial with former friends on the left. As Tom Chatfield notes in his short article to accompany this interview, he has even appeared “nervously out of kilter with his times”. But in today’s extract we see a different Amis; one surprisingly optimistic, even idealistic about the future. It is a revealing moment, which even he seems surprised by: “I keep on trying to contain my excitement, and dampen my hopes, but…there is no telling what he [Obama] might do”. Enjoy!
In conversation with Martin Amis- Part 3: Obama, and Ian McEwan
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[...] can view Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of the Amis interviews at these links, plus a web exclusive article from our arts and books editor, [...]
One reason Fidel Castro and the Middle-East and the like love Obama is they WANT him to self-destruct America. It’s like an ex-husband who’s happy when his ex-wife marries a loser.