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Paperback. Two old friends - Cline Linley and Vernon Halliday - meet at the funeral of Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly's lovers; Clive is Britain's most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor of the respected broadsheet, The Judge. In the weeks that follow, Clive and Vernon's lives become bound together in ways neither could have imagined. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy, minor shelf wear
***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE*** Two old friends - Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday - meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly's lovers years before their dazzling success; Clive is Britain's most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor of the respected broadsheet, The Judge. In the weeks that follow, Clive and Vernon's lives become bound together in ways neither could have imagined. Two dubious moral decisions and a pact made in extremis lead them both to the heart of Amsterdam.
***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE*** Two old friends - Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday - meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly's lovers years before their dazzling success; Clive is Britain's most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor of the respected broadsheet, The Judge. In the weeks that follow, Clive and Vernon's lives become bound together in ways neither could have imagined. Two dubious moral decisions and a pact made in extremis lead them both to the heart of Amsterdam.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099272779
SKU
KTG0000133
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ian Mcewan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Amsterdam
A psychologically brilliant study of heartlessness
Sunday Telegraph
One of the finest writers alive
Sunday Times
Full of gusto, straightforward, and delivers blows to the gut...shocking
A. S. Byatt
Literary Review
McEwan writes here with unobtrusive panache
Daily Telegraph
Amsterdam is brilliantly engineered and marvellously entertaining
Evening Standard
Sunday Telegraph
One of the finest writers alive
Sunday Times
Full of gusto, straightforward, and delivers blows to the gut...shocking
A. S. Byatt
Literary Review
McEwan writes here with unobtrusive panache
Daily Telegraph
Amsterdam is brilliantly engineered and marvellously entertaining
Evening Standard