Explores the life and career of British novelist and world citizen Martin Amis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-437) and index
Before he left -- Wild times -- -Oxford -- The novelist -- The Seventies -- Paris -- America, Kingsley, and Bellow -- Self, marriage, children -- Dystopian visions -- The break-up and The Information -- A gallery of traumas -- Novelist and commentator -- Significance : is he a great writer?