Dead Babies

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Dead Babies is a darkly comic 1975 novel by British author Martin Amis that satirizes hedonistic youth culture through a weekend of escalating debauchery and violence.

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Dead Babies canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
author Martin Amis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Bill Botten ⓘ
follows The Rachel Papers ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Dark Secrets (US edition) ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality British ⓘ
hasISBN 9780224012950 ⓘ
hasMainCharacters group of young adults ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeFocus hedonistic youth culture ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
pageCount approx. 176 ⓘ
partOf Martin Amis bibliography ⓘ
publicationDate 1975 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
structure weekend gathering ⓘ
theme drug use ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
sexual promiscuity ⓘ
violence ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ

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Martin Amis → notableWork → Dead Babies ⓘ
Success → followsWorkByAuthor → Dead Babies ⓘ
The Rachel Papers → followedBy → Dead Babies ⓘ