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The Godfather of British Literature and His Dark Satire
British author Martin Amis (Martin Amis) succumbed to esophageal cancer at his residence in Florida, USA, on May 19, 2023 local time. He was 73 years old. Amis emerged as a dazzling star in the British literary scene after his debut novel “The Rachel Papers” won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1973: a brilliant prodigy who liberated his spirit and unleashed astonishing creativity. He ascended to the pinnacle of the literary world in the 1980s with a series of stylized works: “Money – A Suicide Note” (1984) was included in Time magazine’s “100 Best English-language Novels”; “Time’s Arrow – The Nature of Crime” (1991) and “Yellow Dog” (2003) were shortlisted…