Martin Amis
May 22nd 2023 When I went to the Guardian website yesterday morning, May 21st 2023, the lead story was the death of Martin Amis. I was shocked because this was the first I’d heard of his being ill. He died of oesophageal (U.S. esophageal) cancer – the same as his pal Christopher Hitchens and his father’s friend, Philip Larkin. Amis had chosen to keep his cancer a secret. Good for him, I say; I think
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