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Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan
RM44.48 MYR
Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Moral quandaries in the face of mortality.

"Amsterdam" proves to be a haunting exploration of life's twilight and the ethical mazes that companionship can lead us through. Ian McEwan's crisp prose and unforgiving character study offer a gripping read. If existential ruminations paired with a tightly wound narrative intrigue you, then delving into the complexities of "Amsterdam" might just be an irresistible venture.

  • Booker Prize (1998)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan
RM44.48 MYR
ISBN: 9780099272779
Authors: Ian McEwan
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2016-04-08
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Classics, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.46
(rated by 55345 readers)

Description

When good-time, fortysomething Molly Lane dies of an unspecified degenerative illness, her many friends and numerous lovers are led to think about their own mortality. Vernon Halliday, editor of the upmarket newspaper the Judge, persuades his old friend Clive Linley, a self-indulgent composer of some reputation, to enter into a euthanasia pact with him. Should either of them be stricken with such an illness, the other will bring about his death. From this point onward we are in little doubt as to Amsterdam's outcome--it's only a matter of who will kill whom. In the meantime, compromising photographs of Molly's most distinguished lover, foreign secretary Julian Garmony, have found their way into the hands of the press, and as rumors circulate he teeters on the edge of disgrace. However, this is McEwan, so it is no surprise to find that the rather unsavory Garmony comes out on top. Ian McEwan is master of the writer's craft, and while this is the sort of novel that wins prizes, his characters remain curiously soulless amidst the twists and turns of plot.
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Moral quandaries in the face of mortality.

"Amsterdam" proves to be a haunting exploration of life's twilight and the ethical mazes that companionship can lead us through. Ian McEwan's crisp prose and unforgiving character study offer a gripping read. If existential ruminations paired with a tightly wound narrative intrigue you, then delving into the complexities of "Amsterdam" might just be an irresistible venture.

  • Booker Prize (1998)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.