Amis in his salad days

Martin Amis: genius, energetic philanderer, wearer of velvet suits, Lazy [Sod]. A portrait of the artist in his youth, by a former girlfriend who has, despite an earlier, angry pledge, largely forgiven him. At the time, Julie Kavanaugh, lacking a college degree, was cowed by the repartee of Amis, Clive James, and "the Hitch." Then she surprised everyone by grinding her way into Oxford and earning a coveted First in literature, the same honor the author of "The Rachel Papers" had received. Amis was … surprised.

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