Dani's review
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
Dani's review
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
Dani's review
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This isn't the sort of book I normally groove on, but it was so beautifully written, I give it four stars. Winner of the Booker Prize. The story involves the parallel demise of two old friends. It's only 190 pages but is so tightly written that by the end you feel like you truly understand the characters. You don't know anything about their families, etc, but you feel that you truly know them and can understand how they end up in these tragic circumstances.
I'd recommend this book if you feel like reading really good writing.
My favorite passage from the book:
The thought recurred to Vernon Halliday during an uncharaceristic lull in his morning that he might not exist. For thirty uninterrupted seconds, he had been sitting at his desk gently palpating his head with his fingertips and worrying. Since arriving at the Judge two hours earlier, he had spoken, separately and intensely, to forty people. And not only spoken: in all but two of these exchanges, he had decided, pr...more
I'd recommend this book if you feel like reading really good writing.
My favorite passage from the book:
The thought recurred to Vernon Halliday during an uncharaceristic lull in his morning that he might not exist. For thirty uninterrupted seconds, he had been sitting at his desk gently palpating his head with his fingertips and worrying. Since arriving at the Judge two hours earlier, he had spoken, separately and intensely, to forty people. And not only spoken: in all but two of these exchanges, he had decided, pr...more
