Amsterdam -

Ian McEwan

Anchor

1999

208 páginas

6h 56m

ISBN-11: 0385494246_

On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a 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 as Britain's most successful modern composer, Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge. Gorgeous, feisty Molly had 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 that will have consequences neither has foreseen. Each will make a disastrous moral decision, their friendship will be tested to its limits and Julian Garmony will be fighting for his political life.

Winner of the 1998 Booker Prize

Resenhas (2)

2 (Razoável)

Moroso, personagens simplistas, fim previsível. Juro que não entendi o moído da crítica literária com esse livro. Ganha duas estrelinhas porque consegue manter o leitor interessado porque fica fornecendo sinais de vai ficar bom, mas nunca dá liga. Duas estrelinhas.