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…
Author: Ian McEwan
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 11/02/1999
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.15w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780385494243
Language: English
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