(GERMANY OUT) Martin Amis, Schriftsteller (Photo by Schiffer-Fuchs/ullstein bild via Getty Images) ullstein bild via Getty ImagesNEW YORK (AP) — British novelist Martin Amis, who brought a rock ‘n’ roll sensibility to his stories and lifestyle, has died. AdvertisementAmis was the son of another British writer, Kingsley Amis. Martin Amis was a leading voice among a generation of writers that included his good friend, the late Christopher Hitchens, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie. The Holocaust was the topic of Amis’ novel “Time’s Arrow” and Josef Stalin’s reign in Russia in “House of Meetings,” examples of how his writing explored the dark soul. Advertisement“Violence is what I hate most, is what baffles me and disgusts me most,” Amis told The Associated Press in 2012.

Source: Huffington Post May 20, 2023 23:32 UTC