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.
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Two friends a successful editor in chief of the popular daily newspapers and a recognized composer, working on the "Symphony of the Millennium", enter into an agreement for euthanasia: if one of them falls into unconsciousness state and cease to control themselves, the other...
Molly Lane dies at the age of 46. The book begins with her funeral, with the most important men of her life among the mourners: eminent composer Clive; newspaper editor Vernon, her billionaire husband George, and Julian, a well known right-wing politician and current candidate...