“Wildly diverse…. [Heavy Water and Other Stories] showcases Amis’ extravagant talents and splashy intellect.”
“[Heavy Water and Other Stories] demands to be read and re-read.”
“Count on Martin Amis to take risks. He is contemporary Britain’s shape-shifter of fiction.”
“Amis is hilariously eloquent.”
“Martin Amis [has] persuasively established himself as one of his generation’s most ambitious and technically daring writers.”
“Amis throws off more provocative ideas and images in a single paragraph than most writers get into complete novels.”