Martin Amis

Martin Amis's novel The Information is an hilarious, haunted, painful assault on what it means to be a writer. It is also about mid-life crisis. In a searching interview with fellow novelist Melvyn Bragg, Amis talks in detail about this book. Literary envy and vanity, the politics of publishing, the uncertain status of the author in our culture, the terror of ageing and the urge for immortality are all broached in this compelling and stimulating exchange. The programme includes dramatised extracts and readings from The Information.