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Amis harnessed a rapier wit to a Swiftian eye, a sharp ear, a peerless facility for linguistic construction and the imagination to create a world entirely his…

The great British novelist, who has died at seventy-three, had a true literary vitality that was high-spirited and farcical.

A preview of Saturday's page sand a round-up of the latest literary news

When Martin Amis’s debut The Rachel Papers was published, 50 years ago this year, it was a literary and cultural sensation, won the Somerset Maugham Award, and spawned a lot of copycat novels that were very male, very London, very brattish, and certainly haven’t stood the test of time.

The list includes books from Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov as well as Indian novelist Perumal Murugan who declared himself ‘dead’ after protests against his work

The longlist of the 2023 International Booker Prize has been announced. The winner announced at a London ceremony on 23 May.

An icon in her native France, Colette's scandalous life and works still captivate readers 150 years on from her birth, writes Alan Simpson.

For decades, the celebrated author ruled the public’s imagination. But times change—how will he be read now?

Reviews of the top fiction titles released so far this year

We asked some leading lights of comedy and literature to nominate the books that always make you laugh out loud