HeyJaredThe Amis Papers
The Amis papers is a podcast reviewing Martin Amis's fiction one book at a time, from the Rachel Papers to Inside Story, and Kingsley Amis's fiction from Lucky Jim to The Biographer's Moustache.The podcast is hosted by Martin Locock, a poet and author, who likes most of the…
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Sep 7, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 2, 2026
Latest episodes
Ep39 S2Ep16 Jake's Thing (1978) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Kingsley Amis is back on campus: Dr Jake Richardson is discovering a strange world in which his loss of sex drive leads him to re-evaluate his relationships with women while he undergoes therapy and treatment. Hailed at the time as funny if divisive, but sounding worse now, when Amis's attempts to undermine Jake's views fall flat. I also discuss why Leonardo DiCaprio would disagree with Amis's law of age and attraction, how far university has changed since Lucky Jim, and the strange recycling of
Ep38 bonus August 2026 - Amis news and some live poetry (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A quick update while I'm preparing the episode covering Jake's Thing. News about the Cambridge Companion to Martin Amis, just published and a My Martin Amis event in London. And then a recording of me reading some of my poetry at the Llandeilo Comedy Weekender, July 2026.
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.