Mart wipes his lips with his forefinger

[mdfcharacter]

1:23 Charlie goes "So your father's death stood between you and this book?" -quite a stunningly crass and insensitive phrasing. Interrupts Amis with it too, jeez.

[damarlaprashanth]

Hi hi! Have you considered anxiety zero technique (I think its at anxiety0.info)? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my friend pretty much cured anxiety with it.

[clintdavidk]

@bryngOneOn I thought Yellow DOg was okay, but I thought his 80's books were his best. Try Money or London Fields.

[mmyyppaarrttyy]

4:45 - 4:50 is pure poetry from charlie.

[marshhen]

Charlie Rose is asking strangely worded questions.  He seems out of it and like he is not particularly listening to the answers. It is odd. Did he read the memoir ?

[ryko26]

Results on Youtube for "Kingsley Amis" - 1 (this one, not even one frame of footage of the great KA)

Results on Youtube for "Jade Goody" - 2,140

Pretty neat encapsulation of modern Britain. Remind me not to move back there...

[ZachClooney]

I agree completely with you! Martin Amis demands some thing called discipline and long attention span. Britain ( and the world) is now about mistaking Philistinism and easy pleasures for talent and hard work.

[ph03n1xamb1t]

@ryko26

From which repository of intellectual brilliance in which you currently reside?

[ryko26]

@ph03n1xamb1t "from which..in which"??? Is that what you meant to write?

Twat

[ph03n1xamb1t]

@ryko26

Not in the slightest you ignorant illiterate cunt.... Return "from which" country "in which" you currently reside. You fucking moronic cunt. We don't want you back here in Albion anyway. If you don't have the intellectual fortitude to even make a comment on youtube do not start slating those who are your superiors.

[ryko26]

@ph03n1xamb1t "intellectual fortitude" Twat.

[ph03n1xamb1t]

@ryko26

Moronic little fuckwit of a cunt.

[ryko26]

@ph03n1xamb1t no, that doesn't make much sense either. Not very bright are you?

[ph03n1xamb1t]

@ryko26

It makes perfect grammatical and syntactical sense. If you cannot comprehend it, the deficiency is with you. Also you are an illiterate moron.

[ryko26]

@ph03n1xamb1t "Also [no comma] you are an illiterate moron."

Twat.

[ph03n1xamb1t]

@ryko26

Pointing out typographical oversights does not make you wise. Also, you are a moronic cunt.

[ryko26]

@ph03n1xamb1t ha ha ha ha! what a boring twat

[ph03n1xamb1t]

@ryko26

You are an absolute moron. Fuck off

[ryko26]

@ph03n1xamb1t "From which..." twat.

[ryko26]

1:30 "It was more like a kind of natural interregnum"

Amis loves having a word (which very few people would understand) and using it with an entirely false innocence as if to say "WHAT??? You mean you (peasants) don't use this word as part of your daily vocabulary?" "Lacuna" is another favourite of his, drops it in all over the place.

Will Self like to do the same.

[BigToeNo7]

And "carapace." The man absolutely loves to say "carapace."

[greatsea]

@ryko26 - I read you, but I think intellectuals often employ a word for its usefulness to themselves rather than some sort of showiness. I suppose that can be a flaw in interpersonal communication--not accounting duly for nature of one's audience.  But then again I think it is safe to assume that the general acumen of Martin Amis's audience is quite equal to his verbal pageantry.

[leconciergeus]

The most important thing that comes to light through 'the letters' is the Kingsley/ Larkin love. We should all love them both.

[leconciergeus]

Pleasing to hear Martin talk about Kingsley. He doesn't talk about him often. Kingsley's novels are great- I suggest that everyone read them.

[jblacktree]

Good old Kingsley! I've read every word the guy wrote and miss his work terribly. How great to see there are still fans such as you around.

[greatsea]

I've just begun my excursion into Kingsley at 40 years old. I sure could have used him over the years. On every page of his there is a phrase or two worth remembering for one's own lobby, not just as ammunition against our crustier neighbors but as a subsidy in understanding and ultimately getting along with them.

[jblacktree]

I envy you all the geat moments you have ahead. Not a day goes by that a qoute from one of his books pops into my head --like Shakespeare he seems to have an utterance for every circumstance-- to help me get through my days.

[alexlambden]

This man seems to be in love with Amis, almost as much as Amis loves himself. He is somewhat endearing. I like his stories - and he looks fuc!ing sauve.

[mikji]

facinating, as always

[pulpwriter]

thank you