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A review by jocelyn_sp
Experience: A Memoir by Martin Amis
3.0
The memoir is arranged thematically, which can is sometimes confusing, sometimes repetitive. Also very confusing is a section where Amis starts writing about 'you', who is clearly not 'me', Jocelyn, or 'dear reader', but his wife - I got quite lost. (Quite likely my fault and should re-read section before criticising - I think I missed the Fonseca family being introduced)
A lot of it is about the author's father [a:Kingsley Amis|13078|Kingsley Amis|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206565493p2/13078.jpg]. K. A. is not a very nice or good person in this book, but the author's love for him is beautiful. An interesting, sometimes amusing, sometimes thought-provoking book.
(More profound on suicide than [b:The Sense of an Ending|10746542|The Sense of an Ending|Julian Barnes|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311704453s/10746542.jpg|15657664], which I read simultaneously, to its detriment)
A lot of it is about the author's father [a:Kingsley Amis|13078|Kingsley Amis|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206565493p2/13078.jpg]. K. A. is not a very nice or good person in this book, but the author's love for him is beautiful. An interesting, sometimes amusing, sometimes thought-provoking book.
(More profound on suicide than [b:The Sense of an Ending|10746542|The Sense of an Ending|Julian Barnes|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311704453s/10746542.jpg|15657664], which I read simultaneously, to its detriment)