In the Gulag, it was not the case that people died like flies. Rather, flies died like people. - Martin Amis

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In the Gulag, it was not the case that people died like flies. Rather, flies died like people.

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About Martin Amis

Sir Martin Louis Amis (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023) was a British novelist, essayist and short story writer. He was the son of Kingsley Amis.

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Alternative Names: Martin Louis Amis Sir Martin Louis Amis

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My calculations about how to stay alive and sane on this particular planet have clearly been at fault. Lots of people are plenty uglier and poorer than me without seeming to mind, without the self-hate and self-pity – the sentimentality, in a word – that makes me such a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude.

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