{"product_id":"amsterdam-ian-mcewan-paperback","title":"Amsterdam -- Ian McEwan, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, \u003ci\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark tour de force, perfectly fashioned (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons\u003c\/i\u003e, coming in September!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian McEwan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.15w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385494243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Man Booker Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/1999 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/1999 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/1999 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan McEwan is the bestselling author of seventeen books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eNutshell\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSweet Tooth\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSolar\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize; \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSaturday\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, both short-listed for the Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Booker Prize; and \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award; as well as the story collections \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and \u003ci\u003eIn Between the Sheets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian McEwan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45653111996644,"sku":"9780385494243","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780385494243.jpg?v=1777652866","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/amsterdam-ian-mcewan-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}