Inside Story
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Inside Story is a late-career autobiographical novel by Martin Amis that blends memoir, fiction, and literary reflection on his life, friendships, and mortality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autofiction
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Martin Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blends |
fiction
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | Martin Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Martin Amis's career as a writer
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Martin Amis's family life ⓘ Martin Amis's friendships ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Christopher Hitchens
NERFINISHED
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Kingsley Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Larkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul Bellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
late life reflections
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the craft of writing ⓘ the deaths of friends ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasForm | hybrid of memoir and novel ⓘ |
| hasMetaNarrative | instructions on how to write a novel ⓘ |
| hasParatext | authorial asides to the reader ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
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autobiographical reflection ⓘ death ⓘ friendship ⓘ grief ⓘ literary life ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between fiction and memoir
ⓘ
mixing real people with fictional elements ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2020 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ various locations in Europe ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | late in Martin Amis's career ⓘ |
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