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Martin Amis, who helped define the British literary scene of the 80s, has died.
According toThe Guardian,the cause of death was esophageal cancer.
Amis was born in 1949 in Oxford, the son of writer Kingsley Amis.
His stepmother, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, got him hooked on literature in his teens.
Martin Amis published his first book in 1973.
Still, he was remembered as a hoot by many on the day of his passing.
Still remember what fun Martin was giving a reading at Princeton, Joyce Carol Oates said onTwitter.
