Martin Amis, Era-Defining British Author, Dies At 73

The influential author's 1984 novel "Money" became one of the books that summed up a generation.

One of the burdens of having a famous father is trying to measure up to him in the same field.

British writer Martin Amis, who has died at the age of 73, not only matched his illustrious father, Kingsley, but for a while rose beyond him.

The influential author's 1984 novel "Money" became one of the books that summed up a generation.

"Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy," he said, in the "Novelists in Interview" publication, a year after his book came out.