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Amsterdam

By: Ian McEwan
Narrated by: Carsten Warming
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En kold dag i februar mødes de to gamle venner Clive og Vernon uden for et krematorium for at tage afsked med Molly Lane. Clive, der er Storbritanniens mest succesfulde moderne komponist, og Vernon, der er chefredaktør for en af landets største aviser, har begge været Mollys elskere. Det samme har Julian, Storbritanniens udenrigsminister og premiereminister in spe, som også er mødt op til begravelsen, der afholdes af Mollys efterladte ægtemand George. De fire mænd, der alle på den ene eller anden måde har noget i klemme, hvirvles ind i nogle moralske dilemmaer, der fører til katastrofale beslutninger, og en venskabspagt mellem Clive og Vernon får fuldstændigt uforudsete konsekvenser.

Please note: This audiobook is in Danish.

©1998 Ian McEwan (P)2013 Bechs Forlag - Viatone

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”McEwans historie nagler sin læser til stolen med et nådesløst plot, og giver samtidig anledning til konstant fryd med sine ironisk elegante finter … Ian McEwan vandt helt velfortjent Booker-prisen i 1998 med denne utroligt velskrevne og veloplagte roman i den store satiriske tradition båret af en handling, der i velkendt McEwan-stil hurtigt reducerer figurerne til brikker i et djævelsk spil.” (Lars Ole Sauerberg, Jyllands-Posten)
”Grotesk humoristiske afsløringer af, hvordan kunstnere, mediefolk og politikere tænker og føler. Ian McEwans seneste roman Amsterdam kan bedst betegnes som en letvægter med tyngde. Det er en kort, elegant komponeret roman, der koncentrerer sig om hans velkendte temaer som forholdet mellem den enkeltes moral og samfundsmoralen, og hverdagen der krakelerer i angst, kaos og pludselig død.” (Rigmor Bækholm, Information)

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It's in GERMAN ffs!!!!

Should be clearly labelled as German language book.
At least I was able to return it easily but really AUDIBLE. get a grip

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