writer 0 2002-06-26T00:00:00Z Martin Amis represents a problem: that some of the most acclaimed and privileged writers in the English language fail to engage with the most urgent issues of our time. On 1 June, the Guardian published a long essay by Martin Amis, entitled "The voice of the lonely crowd". It was about 11 September and the role of writers. What did Amis think about on the momentous day? He thought he was "like ... John 47710 false false false false 2002-06-26T00:00:00Z Pilger 2039 11954 0 1 Our Writers' Failure our-writers-failure-by-john-pilger-1 Our Writers' Failure 2009-09-25T09:19:08Z 182