Martin Amis
Postmodernism is dead
A new exhibition signals the end of postmodernism. But what was it? And what comes next?
Love, death and cigarettes
Julian Barnes examines mortality and loss in his new collection of finely wrought stories. But most of them lack the richness and energy of his best fiction
Ian McEwan’s warming tale
Ian McEwan’s new novel is a work of “lab lit” genre fiction. It lacks the punch of Atonement or the political ambition of Saturday—but is more fun than either
If I ruled the world, men would do housework
Gentlemen, your attention please. My new public programme will now show you how to dust, shop, cook and clean up after yourself
The return of the master
Martin Amis’s twelfth novel reimagines the sexual revolution as a comedy of manners, with deadly serious intentions
Martin Amis: the Prospect interview
Britain's most controversial novelist talks to Tom Chatfield about his new book, the sexual revolution, Philip Larkin's sex life, and why JM Coetzee is no good