Other People : A Mystery Story ( 1981 ) , about a young woman coming out of a coma , was a transitional novel in that it was the first of Amis 's to show authorial intervention in the narrative voice , and highly artificed language in the heroine 's descriptions of everyday objects , which was said to be influenced by his contemporary Craig Raine 's `` Martian '' school of poetry .
Other People : A Mystery Story ( 1981 ) , about a young woman coming out of a coma .