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Amsterdam

A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
By Ian McEwan
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Amsterdam follows two old friends, Clive Linley, a successful composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor, as they reunite at the funeral of their shared lover, Molly Lane. Set against the backdrop of a chilly London day, the novel explores the complex moral decisions and consequences arising from a pact they make in the wake of her passing.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This sharp and darkly comic morality tale will appeal to readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in ethical dilemmas, complex character studies, and nuanced storytelling.

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The wickedly comic Booker Prize winner. On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to the woman who had been a lover to both of them. In the days that follow the funeral, Clive and Vernon will make a pact that will have consequences that neither man could have foreseen.

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BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, Amsterdam is "a dark tour de force, perfectly fashioned" (The New York Times) from the bestselling author of Atonement.

On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence: Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer, and Vernon is a newspaper editor. Gorgeous, feisty Molly had other lovers, too, notably Julian Garmony, Foreign Secretary, a notorious right-winger tipped to be the next prime minister.

In the days that follow Molly's funeral, Clive and Vernon will make a pact with consequences that neither could have foreseen…

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780385494243

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 1999

Country: United States

Imprint: Vintage Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 193g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

IAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.

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