Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
Taste attributes: dramacomedyfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearencloseddeep rivalryfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA contained novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
Winner of the 1998 Booker PrizeOn 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.
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- Author
- Ian McEwan
- Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 193
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- Open Library
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