{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6480a754d9a829001164d020/655db64a11839f0012d0f8f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"Nobody has influenced my writing more than Martin Amis.\" James Marriott","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6480a754d9a829001164d020/1700640308195-1720e490ca57d4a8e70cd2758e14c7d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Columnist, podcast and book reviewer for The London Times <a href=\"https://twitter.com/j_amesmarriott?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">James Marriott</a> joins <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jackaldane\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Aldane</a> on Episode 5 to discuss <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Against_Clich%C3%A9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The War Against Cliché</a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>, an anthology of Martin Amis's reviews and essays from 1971 to 2000. It was the book that changed James's approach to life, and especially writing.</p><p><br></p><p>James tells Jack why, despite his never having been a devotee to Amis the novelist, Amis's journalism contains by far some of the cleverest, funniest and most galvanising opinions on literature you’ll ever encounter.</p><p><br></p><p>The War Against Cliché remains, he says, the book which makes him want to write more than any other, and without which producing book reviews would be a whole lot less fun.</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mymartinamis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mymartinamis</a></p><p>FIND US ON <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@mymartinamispod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YOUTUBE</a></p>","author_name":"Jack Aldane"}