An esteemed crowd was drawn to Trafalgar Square yesterday for the memorial of novelist Martin Amis, who died last year aged 73. Titans of literature, journalism and theatre spoke at the service, held at the aptly named St Martin-in-the-Fields church. Fellow novelist Ian McEwan opened proceedings, describing Amis — author of Money, London Fields and much else — as “the funniest man I ever met”.
There was a jovial atmosphere as actor Bill Nighy gave a reading from Money. He recalled that there was once as much anticipation for the release of a new Amis novel as a new Rolling Stones album.
