Martin Amis, British author of era-defining novels, dies at 73

Writer Martin Amis has died at 73. Tom Craig/Bill Charles Agency Influential British author Martin Amis has died at his home in Lake Worth, Fla., of esophageal cancer.He was 73.His agent, Andrew Wiley, and his publisher, Vintage Books, confirmed his death on Saturday."It's hard to imagine a world without Martin Amis in it," said his U.K. editor Michal Shavit, in a statement shared with NPR.

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