BOOKER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, Amsterdam is "a dark tour de force, perfectly fashioned" (The New York Times) from the bestselling author of Atonement.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...
Sobre o autor(a)
Mcewan, Ian
IAN McEWAN nasceu em Aldershot, Inglaterra, em 1948. Seus livros já lhe renderam uma série de prêmios literários, entre eles o Man Booker Prize e o Whitbread Award. Dele, a Companhia das Letras já publicou Reparação, Na praia, A balada de Adam Henry e Enclausurado, entre outros. |
| ISBN | 9780385494243 |
| Autor(a) | Mcewan, Ian |
| Editora | Vintage |
| Ano de edição | 1999 |
| Páginas | 208 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |