Amis was born in Swansea, South Wales.[source?] He was the middle of three children, with an older brother, Philip, and a younger sister, Sally. He went to many different schools in the 1950s and 1960s. The fame of his father's first novel Lucky Jim sent the Amises to Princeton, New Jersey, where his father lectured. Amis's parents, Hilly and Kingsley, divorced when he was twelve.
Success (1977) told the story of two foster-brothers, Gregory Riding and Terry Service, and their good and bad luck.
Other People: A Mystery Story (1981), about a young woman coming out of a coma.
Later career
Money (subtitled A Suicide Note) is a first-person narrative by John Self. He was an advertising man who wanted to be a moviedirector. The book follows him as he flies back and forth across the Atlantic looking for success. The book was a huge success and is Amis's most highly regarded work.
London Fields is Amis's longest book. It show the encounters between three main characters in London in 1999, as a climatedisaster draws near.
Time's Arrow is about a doctor who helped torture Jews during the Holocaust. It was written in the form of an autobiography. The story is unusual because time runs backwards during the entire novel.
The Experience is mainly about his relationship with his father, Kingsley Amis. He also writes about finding long-lost daughter, Delilah Seale and of how one of his cousins, 21-year-old Lucy Partington, became a victim of suspected serial killerFred West.
