The Amis family's obsessions, birth, deaths and even a couple of movies, one circa 1960,
'That was another film that had a notable effect on my father. I was especially pumped-up for it, after this conversation with my mother in Cambridge a year earlier.
"Mum. Why is Dad following you about and making you go to the bathroom with him? Because we saw a very frightening film last night.
What was it about?
It’s about a man who thinks he’s his mother."
Her answer satisfied me. I thought: Yes. That would do it.'
