MARTIN AMIS 1949 The son of Kingsley Amis, a writer who began his literary life with John Osborne an

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• MARTIN AMIS (1949-)The son of Kingsley Amis, a
  writer who began his literary life - with John
  Osborne and John Wain - as one of the Angry Young
  Men, Martin Amis outstripped his father's
  reputation for offending the literary niceties of
  his day with his first novel, The Rachel Papers
  (1973). Amis was twenty four when the book
  appeared to admiring reviews.

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• (Henry) Graham Greene (1904-1991)  English
  novelist, short-story writer, playwright and
  journalist, whose novels treat moral issues in
  the context of political settings. Greene is one
  of the most widely read novelist of the
  20th-century, a superb storyteller. Adventure and
  suspense are constant elements in his novels and
  many of his books have been made into successful
  films. Although Greene was a candidate for the
  Nobel Prize for Literature several times, he
  never received the award.

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• Ian Fleming (1909-1964) created the character
• of James Bond, who debuted debju
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• Casino Royale
• Born in 1908 as the son of
• Valentine Fleming, and the
• grandson of the wealthy
• Scottish banker Robert Fleming,
• Ian Lancaster Fleming grew up the member of a
  rare
• class of Englishmen for whom all options are
  open.
• The privilege of class and respect came not
  merely
• from his grandfather's money, as wealth alone in
• England does not guarantee open doors.

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• Together with Ruth Rendell,
• P.D. James is one of the most
• famous British mystery writers.
• Born in 1920, she worked in the North West
• Regional Hospital Board in London from 1949 to
• 1968 and then as home office principal in the
• police department until 1972 when she moved to
• the criminal policy department. She retired in
  1979.
• Her first novel, Cover her face published in
  1962,
• featured Scotland Yard man Adam Dalgliesh.

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• Angela (Olive) Carter (1940-1992) English short
  story writer, novelist, journalist, dramatist and
  critic.