Posted AT 8:29 PM EDT on 02/05/08
Martin Amis is feeling vulnerable
LONDON — The night before this, Martin Amis was in a fight. It didn't involve brass knuckles or shattered pint glasses, or anything like the solid thwack of male flesh on male flesh. Those are young men's fights, rutting-season rumbles over girls or respect, and they seem rather quaint in a city where 52 people were bombed to death under the earth three years ago.
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