Martin Amis calls his new novel, which melds autobiography and fiction, a “baggy monster” because it runs for 560 pages and has many footnotes. “Inside Story,” to be published Oct. 27, also reads like a farewell. In his introduction, the 71-year-old British author writes that this is almost certainly his “last long novel.” Over his nearly 50-year career, Mr. Amis has published about 25 works of fiction and nonfiction. “Inside Story” is both reverential in its remembrance of real-life friends and mentors—such as writers Christopher...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2020 13:27 UTC