Amsterdam: darkly fascinating – but a loose link with the city
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Although the book may take its title from the Netherlands’ capital city, less than 30 pages of Ian McEwan’s Booker Prize-winning novel are actually set in Amsterdam. But a lot is packed into those few scenes, much like the rest of this thoroughly enjoyable book. At writer Molly Lane’s funeral, three of her former lovers meet: journalist Vernon Halliday, composer Clive Linley and politician Julian Garmony. Halliday and Linley are old friends and Lane’s undignified death leads the two of

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