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Literary Fiction · DarkTwo old friends make a pact after the funeral of a woman they both loved
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
1998Easy readFast pace
★ Booker Prize, 1998
Two friends and a dangerous pact
After the funeral of Molly Lane, two of her former lovers, the composer Clive Linley and the newspaper editor Vernon Halliday, make an agreement about each other's future. Their decisions in the months that follow test their friendship. It won the 1998 Booker Prize.
More about this book
Who
Clive Linley, a composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor.
World
London and the Lake District in the late 1990s.
What makes it different
It is a short, tightly plotted comedy of manners with a dark turn.
Feel
Sharp and chilly.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- AmsterdamWikipedia