Amsterdam -- Ian McEwan

<b>BOOKER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, <i>Amsterdam</i> is a dark tour de force, perfectly fashioned (<i>The New York Times</i>).<br></b><br> 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... <p/><b>Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, <i>Lessons</i>, coming in September!</b><br><br><b>Author:</b> Ian McEwan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Anchor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 11/02/1999<br><b>Pages:</b> 208<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.43lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.05h x 5.15w x 0.55d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780385494243<br><b>Award:</b> Man Booker Prize - Winner<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 11/07/1999 pg. 42<br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 12/03/1999 pg. 93<br><i>New York Times</i> 12/05/1999 pg. 104<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of seventeen books, including the novels <i>