This episode explores Amis' second novel Dead Babies, an account of a drug- and sex-fuelled weekend at an Oxfordshire rectory which conceals a serious moral purpose. The podcast considers what the title means, why Quentin's reading helps explain the book's thesis, what Menippus has to tell us about the aftermath of free love, unexpected links to Philip Larkin, and a surprising postcript on the origin of the term 'blinkie'. Also mentioned is the podcast The Martin Chronicles and the research of Joanna Stolarek.