Martin Amis — Dead Babies

London, Jonathan Cape, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Martin Amis' second novel, a darkly humorous parody of Agatha Christie's country-house mysteries. The first edition of this work.  With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.  Amis' second novel takes place over a single drug-fuelled weekend at a manor called Appleseed Rectory, following a group of friends whose revelry turns sinister when mysterious Johnny arrives.  Martin Amis, an English novelist, essayist and critic, is best known for his novels Money and London Fields, with his work typically centring on the excesses of late capitalist Western society.  In the original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with only a hint of shelf wear to the spine. Dust wrapper is very smart indeed, with mild edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the fore-edge and spots to the front free endpaper, but otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.