What relation are Kingsley Amis and Martin Amis?
Kingsley Amis and Martin Amis are father and son.
Kingsley Amis’s books include Lucky Jim (1954) and Jake’s Thing (1978); Martin Amis’s novels include Success (1978) and Money (1984).
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