Amsterdam

Author: [UK] Ian McEwan
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: This is a brilliant black comedy. Vernon, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, and Clive, a composer, are old friends who are on the rise in their careers. Moved by the illness and humiliation their ex-girlfriend Morley suffered before her death, they strike a pact: when one can no longer live with dignity, the other has an obligation to end their life. However, as both men suffer setbacks in their careers, their friendship deteriorates, and their pact turns into a mutual murder. In the end, driven by the dark desires within human nature, they both independently end each other's lives in Amsterdam through euthanasia. This book, with its outstanding craftsmanship and profound insight into the ethics and public life of contemporary Britain, won the Booker Prize in 1998.