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There are 15 critical essays on Martin Amis.
Critical Essays on Martin Amis

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Interview by Susan Morrison
5,567 words, approx. 19 pages
 In the following interview, Amis discusses his work, literary influences, and techniques, and his reputation as a misogynist, among other topics.
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Critical Essay by Victoria N. Alexander
4,362 words, approx. 15 pages
 In the following essay, Alexander discusses the influences of Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov in Amis's work, focusing on London Fields, Money, and The Moronic Inferno.
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Critical Essay by Neil Powell
3,515 words, approx. 12 pages
 In the following essay, Powell provides overviews and analyses of three of Amis's early novels, The Rachel Papers, Dead Babies, and Success.
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Critical Review by Julian Loose
2,756 words, approx. 9 pages
 In the following review, Loose discusses the themes, strengths, and weaknesses of Amis's novel The Information.
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Critical Review by David C. Ward
1,716 words, approx. 6 pages
 In the following negative review, Ward faults The Information, saying it "does not have a plot, it has predicaments and events." He also declares that "none of the characters in The Information comes close to being sympathetic."
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Critical Review by James Bowman
1,616 words, approx. 5 pages
 In the following review, Bowman asserts that Amis's work is often lacking in plot but strong in prose.
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Critical Review by Ed Morales
1,407 words, approx. 5 pages
 In the following review, Morales discusses briefly the plot, themes, and autobiographical elements of The Information, praising some aspects of Amis's writing and faulting others.
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Critical Review by Richard Eder
1,253 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following review, Eder lauds Amis as "dark, satirical and gifted with irascibility." However, he does find fault with Amis's lack of "inventiveness" and the aim of the author's satire.
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Critical Review by Michiko Kakutani
1,198 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following review, Kakutani favorably discusses The Information as "ambitious" and "uncompromising," and predicts that the book will be favorably received.
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Critical Review by Roz Kaveney
1,045 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following review, Kaveney asserts that The Information is a "generic" Amis novel, and claims the book to be "the overpriced sale of second-hand shoddy."
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Critical Review by Michael Ratcliffe
961 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following predominantly negative review, Ratcliffe discusses some of the "bad writing" that is present in The Information, noting that while parts of the tale are sincere and "diversionary," much of the novel is "self-laceratingly autobiographical."
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Critical Review by Chris Savage King
952 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following negative review, King calls Visiting Mrs. Nabokov "gossipy" and "egotistical," and dismisses the collection of journalistic pieces as "pretty miserable."
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Critical Review by Merle Rubin
707 words, approx. 2 pages
 In the following review, Rubin examines The Information and states that despite the "unpleasant" nature of the story, Amis manages to contrive a "scathing satire of London literary life."
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