Martin Amis, a witty and darkly humorous British novelist known for his works “Money” and “London Fields,” has died at 73.
His wife, the writer Isabel Fonseca, confirmed his passing Saturday to The New York Times, saying the cause of death was esophageal cancer.
Amis died Friday at his Lake Worth, Florida, home after a prolific writing career. He penned 15 novels including “Time’s Arrow” (1991) and “The Information” (1995).
The esteemed writer once told The New York Times Book Review that he wanted “to create a high style to describe low things.”
“I’m often accused of concentrating on the pungent, rebarbative side of life in my books, but I feel I’m rather sentimental about it,” he said in the 1985 interview. “Anyone who reads the tabloid papers will rub up against much greater horrors than I describe.”
Amis, who also wrote seven nonfiction books and two story collections, was regularly featured in the tabloids, which speculated on his reportedly juicy personal life and skewered him for his controversial remarks.
While he took after his novelist father, the late Kingsley Amis, they often butted heads — but being the child of a writer gave him a leg up.
The Post has reached out to Amis’ reps for comment.
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