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parturition

In any metaphor that linked writing with parturition, no, Richard wouldn't come out well. What were they, his novels? Not stillborn. More like those babies whom it was thought best to spirit away

—p.157 by Martin Amis
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tiredness couldn't be expected to soldier on indefinitely

Like a musician who can jam all night the love-life with legs is constantly improvising on anything that comes its way. So the Tulls, Richard and Gina (those veterans of sexual make-do and catch-can), as they faced this new challenge, looked to their powers of extemporization. After each display, a…

—p.151 by Martin Amis
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prelapsarian

These moments will in retrospect appear golden-age, prelapsarian.

—p.147 by Martin Amis
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borstal

Or a borstal boy on the lam

—p.138 by Martin Amis
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he switched off his windscreen wipers

[...] Anyway, and more locally, Richard was feeling so poor these days that he switched off his windscreen wipers every time he drove under a bridge.

—p.136 by Martin Amis