Amsterdam
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Winner of the 1998 Booker Prize, Amsterdam begins with the funeral of a woman which is attended by 3 of her former lovers. The lives of the men become intertwined to ultimately fatal results as they face personal jealousy, failures in their careers, and a pact between two with disastrous consequences. This is a thrilling and sometimes comical analysis of morality that you won’t want to put down.
**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 *) f* *rom 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… **Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, *Lessons*.**
| Book Author | Ian McEwan |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780385494243 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | National Geographic Books |
| Publication Date | 11-01-1999 |
| Format | eBook |
| Pages | 141 |
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