There are many accounts of prison floors strewn with genita… - Martin Amis

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There are many accounts of prison floors strewn with genitals, breasts, tongues, eyes and ears. Arma virumque cano, and Hitler-Stalin tells us this, among other things: given total power over another, the human being will find that his thoughts turn to torture.

Martin Amis

Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million · September 9, 2003 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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