马丁·艾米斯是当代英国最受关注的中年作家之一。他之所以受到关注,不仅因为他是已故名作家、写出《幸运的吉姆》的金斯利·艾米斯的儿子,更因为他在生活上、创作上都有许多和传统英国方式大相径庭的地方,以致美国人认为他是一个最美国化的英国作家。自从八年前写出长篇小说《情报》以后,马丁·艾米斯一直没有写长篇小说。去年,他曾出版一部专门研究斯大林的纪实性作品《可怕者柯巴》(斯大林在搞地下革命时外号叫柯巴),更让英国文坛上的一些人说他江郎才尽, Martin Amis is one of the most watched middle-aged writers in contemporary England. He is not only concerned because he is the late famous writer and son of Kingsley Amis who wrote “Lucky Jim,” but because he has so much to do with his writing that it differs from the traditional British way So that Americans think he is one of the most Americanized English writers. Martin Amis has never written a novel since he wrote the novel ’intelligence’ eight years ago. In the past year, he published a documentary titular book titled “The Horrific Copa” (Stalin nicknamed Coiba in the underground revolution), leaving some in the British literary world to say that he did his best,