British author Martin Amis, best known for the 1984 novel, “Money,” and 1989’s “London Fields,” has died, his publisher announced
“ leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously,” the British publishing house said on Twitter. The author, who released his first novel, “The Rachel Papers,” when he was 24, died Friday, according to Penguin Books. Amis’ wife, author Isabel Fonseca, told the New York Times that his cause of death was esophageal cancer. CNN has reached out to Fonseca for comment.
He was the son of English novelist Kingsley Amis, according to Penguin. As a writer engaged with current events and key historical moments, Amis’ work tackled big issues and questions, Penguin said, including “The Second Plane,” his collection of essays and stories about the events of September 11, 2001. His 1991 novel, “Time’s Arrow,” and 2014’s “The Zone of Interest,” explored the Holocaust.
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