Martin Amis Makes the Case for Snobbery
The essays in “The Rub of Time” defend careful thought and use of language.
Calum Marsh
A. O. Scott, Last of the Power Critics
The Times's film critic writes as though a review can still make or break a work of art. It can't.
By Calum Marsh
Is Michel Houellebecq's 'Submission' Really So Controversial?
His novel—published the day of the Charlie Hebdo attack—is finally available in English.
By Calum Marsh
Gary Indiana Takes the Glamour Out of Serial Murder
A novelist of the counterculture finally has his moment
By Calum Marsh
Martin Amis: "It’s as if Mario Puzo’s prose is being rewritten by Nabokov"
The author talks about the novel, writing for the screen, and the new film adaptation of London Fields
By Calum Marsh
A Half-Baked Homage to Nicholson Baker
First the 'autobiographical novel,' now 'autobiographical criticism.'
