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1、IanMcEwanAmsterdam#bookz«Amsterdam»:AnchorBooksEdition;1999ISBN0385494246АннотацияTheManBookerPrizeWinner—1998OnachillyFebruaryday,twooldfriendsmeetinthethrongoutsideacrematoriumtopaytheirlastrespectstoMollyLane.BothCliveLinleyandVernonHallidayhadbeenMolly’sloversinthedaysbeforetheyreachedtheircurre
2、nteminence.CliveisBritain’smostsuccessfulmoderncomposer;VernoniseditorofthequalitybroadsheetTheJudge.Gorgeous,feistyMollyhadotherlovers,too,notablyJulianGarmony,ForeignSecretary,anotoriousright-wingertippedtobethenextprimeminister.InthedaysthatfollowMolly’sfuneral,CliveandVernonwillmakeapactwithcons
3、equencesneitherhasforeseen.Eachwillmakeadisastrousmoraldecision,theirfriendshipwillbetestedtoitslimits,andJulianGarmonywillbefightingforhispoliticallife.Acontemporarymoralitytalethatisasprofoundasitiswitty,thisshortnovelisperhapsthemostpurelyenjoyablefictionIanMcEwanhaseverwritten.AndwhyAmsterdam?Wh
4、athappenstheretoCliveandVernonisthemostdeliciousshockinanovelbrimmingwithsurprises.IanMcEwanAmsterdamEditorialReviewsWhengood-time,fortysomethingMollyLanediesofanunspecifieddegenerativeillness,hermanyfriendsandnumerousloversareledtothinkabouttheirownmortality.VernonHalliday,editoroftheupmarketnewspa
5、pertheJudge,persuadeshisoldfriendCliveLinley,aself-indulgentcomposerofsomereputation,toenterintoaeuthanasiapactwithhim.Shouldeitherofthembestrickenwithsuchanillness,theotherwillbringabouthisdeath.FromthispointonwardweareinlittledoubtastoAmsterdam’soutcome--it’sonlyamatterofwhowillkillwhom.Inthemeant
6、ime,compromisingphotographsofMolly’smostdistinguishedlover,foreignsecretaryJulianGarmony,havefoundtheirwayintothehandsofthepress,andasrumorscirculateheteetersontheedgeofdisgrace.However,thisisMcEwan,soitisnosurprisetofindthattheratherunsavoryGarmonycomesoutontop.IanMcEwanismasterofthewriter’scraft,a
7、ndwhilethisisthesortofnovelthatwinsprizes,hischaractersremaincuriouslysoullessamidstthetwistsandturnsofplot.--LisaJardine--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.Amazon.com[InAmst
