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Book Review of Amsterdam

Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 5


A wry British tragedy. Brings to mind the Biblical quotation about "why do you see the speck in your brother's eye and yet ignore the beam in your own." Confronts the issues of morality and mortality, self-deception and deceit, ambition and loss in a quick and amusing read.