Author Martin Amis cast a long shadow over generations of English writers

The death of Martin Amis, aged just 73, may come as a surprise to some as the author retained the aura of enfant terrible deep into middle age

English writer Martin Amis — the son of another famous writer, Kingsley Amis — who died on Friday, proved his own talent was quite different to that of his father. Picture: Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images

Farewell to Martin Amis, who died on Friday at the age of 73.

It may come as a slight surprise to readers that the author of novels as various as Money, London Fields, and The Information was that age, given he retained a certain enfant terrible aura deep into middle age.