His most intimate and epic work to date, this is the unseen portrait of Martin Amis' extraordinary life, as a man and a writer. Amis surveys the great horrors of the 20th century, and the still unfolding impact of the 9/11 attacks on the 21st - and what all this has taught him about how to be a writer. The result is a love letter to life that is to be savoured and cherished. A wonder of literary invention and a boisterous modern classic.