Amsterdam (novel)

Amsterdam (1998) is a novel by Ian McEwan, winner of the 1998 Booker Prize. It was published in a new edition a year following the award by Random House.

Related Topics:
1998 - Novel - Ian McEwan - Booker Prize - Random House

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The story is about betrayal and revenge among a dead woman's three lovers (an honorary member of the Transvestite Pink Alliance, a self-proclaimed genius, a sponging friend-scum) and her scheming possessive husband. Questions arise regarding privacy, media, rape, and murder-euthanasia.

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"the worst of all human vices -- personal betrayal"

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