num_pages: 432
description: The son of the comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis explores his relationship with this father and writes about the various crises of Kingsley's life. He also examines the life and legacy of his cousin, Lucy Partington, who was abducted and murdered by one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. Experience also deconstructs the changing literary scene, including Amis' portraits of Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Allan Bloom, Philip Larkin, and Robert Graves, among others.
language: English
title: Experience: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Experience: A Memoir
characters: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Hitchens, Martin Amis, Saul Bellow
genres: Biography, 21st Century, Literary Fiction, Literature, English Literature, Autobiography, Nonfiction, British Literature, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 3838
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Biography
publisher: Vintage