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September 10, 2004

curious about martin amis   (link, random re me)

http://martinamis.albion.edu/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-5223220-4574211
i read a short story in Granta where a live-in lesbian couple was in the process of breaking up. the one compulsively read and quoted Martin Amis while the other enjoyed comic books and was in denial. the plot resolved itself when the one in denial started reading Amis too, and grew some self-esteem.

i thought: "isn't that int[eresting&riguing]: that someone (a writer) would be so touched by someone else's writing as to include references to it in one of their own short stories... and one (a story) so seemingly, if not actually, personal."

it was a good short story. i will read martin amis. marketing professionals take note (really, please don't... it would ruin a genuine channel of recommendation).

Posted by yargevad at September 10, 2004 01:04 AM


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