RaveCNNExperience would be well worth reading if he did nothing but reflect on what it is like to grow up in the company of such an overwhelming presence ... Perhaps, as the author confesses, Experience doesn\'t have the kind of shape a narrative requires. But in this case, that is not a weakness. Amis has chosen not to recall events from his life chronologically. His memoir meanders -- though it never rambles -- back and forth across the years of his various growing-ups ... A reader broadly familiar with contemporary literature will be delighted by many of the anecdotes and wry asides. But such familiarity is not a prerequisite for enjoying the book.
