Martin Amis Amis's work centres on the excesses of late-capitalist Western society, whose perceived absurdity he often satirises through grotesque caricature; he has been portrayed as a master of what "The New York Times" called "the new unpleasantness". Inspired by Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, and James Joyce, as well as by his father Kingsley Amis, Amis himself has gone on to influence many successful British novelists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Will Self and Zadie Smith. Amis was born in Oxford, England. His father, noted English novelist Sir Kingsley Amis, was the son of a mustard manufacturer's clerk
Suzy Amis Cameron Suzy Amis Cameron Susan Elizabeth Amis Cameron (born January 5, 1962) is an American environmental advocate, a former actress, and a former model. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amis Cameron first worked as a Ford model before she began acting in the 1980s. She made her feature-film debut in the 1985 comedy film "Fandango". Amis Cameron next had roles in "Rocket Gibraltar" (1988), "Where the Heart Is" (1990), and "Rich in Love" (1993). In 1993, she appeared as Josephine "Jo" Monaghan in "The Ballad of Little Jo". She later appeared in "Blown Away" (1994), "The Usual Suspects" (1995), and the