Martin Amis, acclaimed British novelist and London scenester of '80s and '90s, dies at 73

Martin Amis, the acclaimed British author best known for “Money,” “London Fields” and a dozen other novels of flash, style and substance, who was also a fixture of the London literary scene, has died at age 73.

Amis died Friday at his home in Lake Worth, Fla., as confirmed by his longtime U.S. publishing house, Alfred A. Knopf. The cause was esophageal cancer. He is survived by his wife, writer Isabel Fonseca.

Amis came to prominence with what is commonly referred to as his “London