He also had a memoir,Experience, (2000).

The film is written and directed by Jonathan Glazer.

He was best known forLucky Jim.

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The two had a rivalry, riven by political differences.

Yet Martin Amis acknowledged that his fathers prominence played a role in his own success.

Ive been delegitimized by heredity.

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In the 1970s, people were sympathetic to me being the son of a novelist.

Theyre not at all sympathetic now, because it looks like cronyism.

Amiss most recent book was 2020sInside Story,shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction.

Amis is survived by his wife and several children.