by IanMcEwan (Author)
On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a 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 as Britain's most successful modern composer, Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge.Gorgeous, feisty Molly had 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 that will have consequences neither has foreseen. Each will make a disastrous moral decision, their friendship will be tested to its limits and Julian Garmony will be fighting for his political life.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Jan 2005
ISBN 10: 0099272776
ISBN 13: 9780099272779
Book Overview: Re-jacketed in stylish new series style, Amsterdam won the 1998 Man Booker Prize.
Prizes: Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1998.