Martin Amis

The Rachel Papers with a new introduction by Claire Lowdon. Charles Highway is every mother's worst nightmare. Precociously intelligent, mercilessly manipulative and highly sexed, Charles devotes the last of his teenage years to bedding girls and evading the half-arsed overtures of his distant parents. That is, until he meets the aloof, wildly unattainable, Rachel. As Charles's twentieth birthday—and the Oxford...

London Fields is described by the Independent as "a true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language". Writer Samson Young is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson's dash to a decaying, degenerate London has...

A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday. John Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling between London and New York, he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites—alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of junk food. But John's excesses haven't gone unnoted. Menaced by...

The film-tie in edition to Jonathan Glazer's award-winning new adaptation The Novel That Inspired The Oscar Winning Film Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found love. But unfortunately for Thomsen, the object of his affection is already married to his camp commandant, Paul Doll. As Thomsen and Doll's wife pursue their passion— the gears of Nazi...

Vintage Classics presents Martin Amis' London Trilogy: Money, London Fields, and The Information. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson's dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black...

Vintage Classics presents Martin Amis' London Trilogy: Money, London Fields, and The Information. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD Once close friends, writers Gwyn Barry and Richard Tull now find themselves in fierce competition. While Tull has spiralled into a mire of literary obscurity and belletristic odd jobs, Barry's atrocious attempts at novels have brought him untold success. Prizes,...

A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday. The novel that inspired the Oscar-winning film Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found love. But unfortunately for Thomsen, the object of his affection is already married to his camp commandant, Paul Doll. As Thomsen and Doll's wife pursue their passion—the gears of...

The prize-winning autobiography of the late, great Martin Amis. Now with an introduction from Zadie Smith. Before we face experience, that miserable enemy, let us have some more innocence, just for a while.... Introduced by Zadie Smith In this masterwork of literary memoir, Martin Amis tells the stories of his life, both the ordinary and the outlandish. From his bohemian...

A new Vintage Classics edition of Martin Amis's Money - 40 years since its first publication With a new introduction from Andrew O'Hagan John Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling between London and New York, he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites—alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of...

A magisterial, inventive and witty modern classic - Amis' autobiographical novel and arguably his most important masterpiece to date - the companion volume to Experience. 'Utterly compelling' Guardian Life...is shapeless, it does not point to and gather round anything, it does not cohere. Artistically, it's dead. Life's dead. So begins a love letter to life, a resuscitation of sorts, encountering...