Writers whose presence you can't escape, like Martin Amis 'ringing a bell, kicking over the furniture', tapping your shoulder to ask whether you saw what they did.
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Kingsley Amis said: I can't read his books, because it feels like he's in the room ringing a bell, kicking over the furniture.
- The best authors are invisible
Great prose doesn't tap your shoulder to show off; with a light touch, meaning lurks beneath the sentences rather than on the page.