Yes, it was part of it, but not because I wanted to conform to social views on beauty or any of that rubbish.

没错，某种程度上是，但不是因为我老想去迎合社会的审美观或其他的一些无聊的想法。

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Martin Amis is one of the literary world's most celebrated and controversial authors ("Money: A Suicide Note, " "London Fields" and his latest, "The Pregnant Widow"), with contentious views on everything from religion to beauty and politics.

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