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Martin Amis
Martin Amis

A British Novelist Born in 1949

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"When the night is young and the land is dark ...I won't be afraid...stand by me." Song Lyrics

  • Jul 14, 2010
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New York Detective Mike Houlihan is called to the scene of an apparent suicide.

Mike is a woman  with a nicotine voice, dyed blond hair and is an alcoholic who had been abused by her father.

The victim is Jennifer Rockwell who Mike had known since Jennifer was a little girl. Jenn is the daughter of Mike's former boss, Col. Tom Rockwell, who is also a father figure to Mike.

After viewing the body, Mike speculates that Jenn did commit suicide but when she tells Tom, he can't accept that his daughter would do that. He asks Mike to take another look.

The medical report is that there were multiple bullets in Jenn. Could her finger have frozen while pulling the trigger? Why would this seemingly well adjusted, beautiful girl commit suicide?

The author gives the reader an appealing character in Mike Houlihan. He must have been in a mischievous mood when he created the characteristics of his protagonist, a woman named Mike, with a nicotine voice who had been abused and is an alcoholic.

I was drawn into the story as it went along and found it quite delightful.

The author's theme seems to be that you never know what a person is thinking and if possible, keep communication open with your children.

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Michael A.Draper is a financial planner with Mass Mutual in North Haven, CT.   Married to Diana for 46 years, one son and daughter-in-law and two lovely granddaughters.      … more
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Amis's published books include the following:

Novels
The Rachel Papers (1973)
Dead Babies (1975)
Success (1978)
Other People (1981)
Money (1984)
London Fields (1989)
Time's Arrow: Or the Nature of the Offence (1991)
The Information (1995)
Night Train (1997)
Yellow Dog (2003)
House of Meetings (2006)
The Pregnant Widow (TBA)

Short Story Collections
Einstein's Monsters (1987)
Two Stories (1994)
God's Dice (1995)
Heavy Water and Other Stories (1998)
Amis Omnibus (1999)
The Fiction of Martin Amis (2000)
Vintage Amis

Non fiction
Invasion of the Space Invaders (1982)
The Moronic Inferno: And Other Visits to America (1986)
Visiting Mrs Nabokov: And Other Excursions (1993)
Experience (2000)
The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 (2001)
Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million (2002) (About Joseph Stalin and Russian History)
The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom (2008)
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TV Show: Bravo Profiles
Genre: Educational - Documentary, General - Documentary/Bio

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