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.
Kingsley 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 undergoes therapy and treatment. Hailed at the time as funny if divisive, but sounding worse now, when Amis's attempts to undermine Jake's views fall flat. I also discuss why Leonardo DiCaprio would disagree with Amis's law of age and attraction, how far university has changed since Lucky Jim, and the strange recycling of the sleeping pills plot.
2 Aug 2026
Ep38 bonus August 2026 - Amis news and some live poetry
A 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.
And then a recording of me reading some of my poetry at the Llandeilo Comedy Weekender, July 2026.
3 Jun 2026
Ep37 S2Ep15 The Alteration 1976
Amis'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 is so exceptional that his elders and betters propose to preserve it by castration. His best novel of the 70s depicting life under a religious totalitarian government with at the core an adventure story.
Things mentioned:
Philip K Dick The Man in the High Castle (1962)
Len Deighton SS GB (1978)
Robert Harrris Fatherland (1992)
John Salisbury - Kinglsey Amis YouTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc1pu98OgQKL0td_qfP-IToFiVWwTT1F8)
Kingsley Amis on the Russell Harty Show (1975) (https://youtu.be/cWv8hJVhAUM?si=L1j1mFHrvHx9OlG_)
Audiobook The Alteration (https://youtu.be/YqI0aquIOhM?si=9NfSX7VydS7y6YCC)
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