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Ein Politiker und ein Komponist haben eines gemein. Sie hatten dieselbe Frau zur Geliebten. Bei deren Begräbnis sehen sie sich wieder und schließen einen Pakt: Sollte einer von ihnen unheilbar erkranken, soll der andere das Leiden abkürzen. Bald werden beide vor schwerwiegende Entscheidungen gestellt, ihr Freundschaftspakt entwickelt eine gefährliche Dynamik.

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Re-jacketed in stylish new series style, Amsterdam won the 1998 Man Booker Prize.

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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE

Two old friends - Cline Linley and Vernon Halliday - meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly´s lovers years before their dazzling success; Clive is Britain´s most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor of the respected broadsheet, The Judge. In the weeks that follow, Clive and Vernon´s lives become bound together in ways neither could have imagined. Two dubious moral decisions and a pact made in extremis lead them both to the heart of Amsterdam.

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"A psychologically brilliant study of heartlessness" Sunday Telegraph

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Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.

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