“Amis dying is a really big deal. You either feel that or you don't and I have no need to explain why it is such a big deal as I don't fully understand it myself. I simply know it to be so.
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I wrote this on my Facebook when the news of the death of Martin Amis came through. I guess I was wailing into the ether somehow but many others responded . We were all in deep shock. We were not all huge fans so why were so discombobulated by the news?
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