Amsterdam by Ian McEwan #foliosociety

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan #foliosocietyTwo old friends Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly's lovers years before their dazzling success; Clive is Britain's most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor of the respected broadsheet, The Judge. In the weeks that follow, Clive and Vernon's lives become bound together in ways neither could have imagined. Two dubious moral decisions and a pact made in extremis lead

so at least Greg’s got someone in his corner

Little BrownISBN: 9781398711563Extent: 432 pages

'Lush and evocative

and no less urgent

and it had taken some time to reach the village

The spymasters look at a card showing the identity of each card

his uneasy relationship with Death and his friendship with the Devil

A project that is still ongoing today

with his belief in spiritualism later in life only adding to his passion for the unknown

into a world apparently born of children’s stories

the more Phoebe has to lose

beetle banks are built across fields