The Amis Papers
készítő: Martin Locock
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Ep39 S2Ep16 Jake's Thing (1978)
Ep39 S2Ep16 Jake's Thing (1978)
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The Amis papers is a podcast reviewing Martin Amis's fiction one book at a time, from the Rachel Papers to Inside Story, and Kingsley Amis's fiction from Lucky Jim to The Biographer's Moustache.
The podcast is hosted by Martin Locock, a poet and author, who likes most of the Amis's work.
Epizódok
A legújabb 20 a(z) 39 epizódból
- Ep39 S2Ep16 Jake's Thing (1978) · 54 perc · 2. évad 16. epizódKingsley Amis is back on campus: Dr Jake Richardson is discovering a strange world in which his loss of sex drive leads him to re-evaluate his relationships with women while he…
- Ep38 bonus August 2026 - Amis news and some live poetry · 11 perc · 2. évad 38. epizódA quick update while I'm preparing the episode covering Jake's Thing. News about the Cambridge Companion to Martin Amis, just published and a My Martin Amis event in London…
- Ep37 S2Ep15 The Alteration (1976) · 40 perc · 2. évad 15. epizódAmis's foray into speculative fiction examines an alternative history in which England remains Catholic, the Papacy retains its hegemony, and young Hubert Anvil's soprano voice…
- Ep36 S2Ep14 Ending Up (1974) · 19 perc · 2. évad 14. epizódFive old people live in Tuppenny Halfpenny Cottage and spend their time dealing with health problems, the prospect of death, and their irritating housemates. A black comedy which…
- Ep35 S2Ep13 The Riverside Villas Murder (1973) · 32 perc · 2. évad 13. epizódIn 1936, among the residents of the modest houses of Riverside Villas is 14 year old Peter Furneaux, obsessed by model aircraft, jazz and the mysterious world of sex. Amis builds…
- Ep34 S2Ep12 Girl, 20 (1971) · 41 perc · 2. évad 12. epizódA morality tale set in late 60s London, often praised as a satire of young people these days and their older cheerleaders, but in fact an exploration of Henri de Montherlant's…
- Ep33 S2Ep11 The Green Man (1969) · 42 perc · 2. évad 11. epizódOne of Amis's best novels, worth reading, and worth reading unspoiled. Maurice Allington, alcoholic and adulterer, runs a country pub near Cambridge abounding in ghosts and the…
- Ep32 S2Ep10 I Want It Now (1968) · 1 óra 36 perc · 2. évad 10. epizódAmis presents a fairy tale in which a Sleeping Beauty is saved by love, dressed up as a satire of the ultra rich and 1960s talk shows. Ronnie Appleyard, ambitious and selfish…
- Ep31 S2Ep9 Colonel Sun (1968) and The James Bond Dossier (1965) · 44 perc · 2. évad 9. epizódThis episode looks at Amis's contributions to the James Bond literature - Colonel Sun, his continuation of the Fleming series, set in the Greek islands, and a critical review of…
- Ep30 S2E8 The Anti-Death League (1966) · 40 perc · 2. évad 8. epizódA change in approach, with a sort-of thriller in the near future, following an experimental army unit preparing to use a secret and terrible weapon. But much of the story is…
- Ep29 S2E7 The Egyptologists (1965) · 24 perc · 2. évad 7. epizódWhat is the Metropolitan Egyptological Society and why does it discourage public and media enquiries? It is impossible to answer this question without spoilers so I've included a…
- Ep28 S2E6 One Fat Englishman (1963) · 47 perc · 2. évad 6. epizódThe adventures, mainly amorous, of Roger Micheldene, soaked in sin, fat, rude, and angry, in suburban America, as he tries to persuade Helene Bangs to leave her husband for him…
- Ep27 S2E5 Take A Girl Like You (1960) · 55 perc · 2. évad 5. epizódKingsley Amis's longest, and some say his best, novel, recounts the tortuous relationship of innocent Jenny Bunn and lascivious Patrick Standish as they negotiate societal mores…
- Ep26 S2E4 I Like It Here (1958) · 38 perc · 2. évad 4. epizódAmis complains about going abroad and foreigners (and expats) while his main ire is aimed at the literature tradition of English writers imbuing Mediterranean cultures with a…
- Ep25 S2E3 That Uncertain Feeling (1956) · 41 perc · 2. évad 3. epizódThe tale of 'Unlucky John', trapped in an unsatisfying job and home life in Swansea, offered an escape route through an affair with a bored wife and her hard-partying friends. In…
- Ep24 S2Ep2 Lucky Jim (1954) · 1 óra 12 perc · 2. évad 2. epizódA detailed look at Kingsley Amis’s first published novel, covering the role of luck, whether as an Angry Young Man he wants systematic change or just a better place for himself…
- Ep23 S2E1 Kingsley Amis intro and biography · 27 perc · 2. évad 1. epizódMoving onto the work of Kingsley Amis, some recommendations on where to start (Lucky Jim and The Old Devils), a discussion of his biography and political development, and the…
- Ep22 The Rub of Time (2017) and final thoughts · 1 óra 1 perc · 22. epizódMartin Amis's final collected journalism volume has its interesting moments, including a tempering of his love of Nabokov, doubts about Jeremy Corbyn, and thoughts on Larkin and…
- Ep21 Inside Story (2020) · 1 óra 14 percWe reach Amis's last book, an exercise in autofiction that combines autobiography, a discussion of Philip Larkin's politics and love life, moving accounts of the deaths of…
- Ep20 The Zone of Interest (2015) · 49 percAmis's contribution to the Careers Fair of Auschwitz stays mainly with the guards, exploring the lives and morals of those engaged in delivering the Final Solution. I discuss why…
