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Amsterdam, or, The spoiler : a comi-tragedy

Two old friends meet outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. In the days that follow Molly's funeral Clive and Vernon will make a pact that will have consequences. Each will make a disastrous moral decision and their friendship will be tested to its limits.

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  • "Amsterdam"@en
  • "Amsterdam"
  • "Amsterdam"@pl
  • "Amsterdam"@it
  • "Spoiler"@en

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  • "In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover. An opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level.--"
  • "On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence, Clive as Britain's most successful modern composer, Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge."
  • "Two old friends meet outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. In the days that follow Molly's funeral Clive and Vernon will make a pact that will have consequences. Each will make a disastrous moral decision and their friendship will be tested to its limits."@en
  • "In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover. An opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level."
  • "In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover. An opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level."@en
  • "Two friends meet at the funeral of their former lover, who had many lovers and make a pact that affects the rest of their lives in ways they never imagined."@en
  • "Short listed for the Booker Prize in 1998. Booker Prize Winner 1998."
  • "Deux amis, Clive Linley, célèbre compositeur, et Vernon Halliday, directeur de la rédaction d'un prestigieux journal londonien, battent la semelle au cimetière, tandis qu'achève de se consumer leur ex-maîtresse Molly Lane. La mort de Molly les amène à conclure un pacte dont ils ne maîtrisent pas les conséquences... Une intrigue diabolique pour un roman bien inscrit dans la société contemporaine."
  • "Bij de crematie van een vriendin besluiten twee oude vrienden elkaar bij te staan bij het sterven, indien zij zelf niet meer in staat zullen zijn om over hun einde te beslissen."
  • "In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover and opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level."
  • "Het duel in Amsterdam. - Bij de crematie van een vriendin besluiten twee oude vrienden elkaar bij te staan bij het sterven, indien zij zelf niet meer in staat zullen zijn om over hun einde te beslissen."
  • "In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover, presenting an opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level."
  • "On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence: Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer and Vernonis editor of the newspaper 'The Judge'. Gorgeous, feisty Molly had other lovers, too, notably Julian Garmony, Foreign Secretary, a notorius right-winger tipped to be the next prime minster."
  • "In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover, providing an opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level."
  • "On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence. Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer; Vernon is editor of the quality broadsheet The Judge. Gorgeous, feisty Molly had had other lovers, too, notably Julian Garmony, foreign secretary, a notorious right-winger tipped to be the next prime minister. In the days that follow Molly's funeral, Clive and Vernon will make a pact with consequences neither has foreseen. Each will make a disastrous moral decision, their friendship will be tested to its limits, and Julian Garmony will be fighting for his political life. And why Amsterdam? What happens there to Clive and Vernon is the most delicious climax of a novel brimming with surprises."@en
  • "İnsanın varoluş nedenleri ve sahte yaşamları irdeleyen roman."

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  • "Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Didactic fiction"
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Psychological novels"
  • "Roman anglais"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Translations"
  • "Political fiction"
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Psychologické romány"

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  • "Amsterdam, or, The spoiler : a comi-tragedy"@en
  • "Amsterdam, or, The spoiler : a comi-tragedy"
  • "Amsterdam : Perebod s anglijskogo biktora golyševa"
  • "Amsṭerdam"
  • "Amistirdām : al-riwāyah al-ḥāʼizah jāʼizat Būkir li-sanat 1998"
  • "Amsŭt'erŭdam = Amsterdam"
  • "Amsterdam : roman"
  • "Amsterdam : roman"@da
  • "Amszterdam"
  • "Amszterdam"@hu
  • "أمستردام : الرواية الحائزة على جائزة بوكر لسنة 1998"
  • "Amsterdam'da düello : roman"
  • "Amusitedan"
  • "A mu si te dan = Amsterdam"
  • "阿姆斯特丹"
  • "A mu si te dan"
  • "Amsterdamas : romanas"
  • "Amsterdam : [roman]"
  • "阿姆斯特丹 = Amsterdam"
  • "Amistirdām"
  • "Amistirdām : min al-adab al-Inkilīzī al-ḥadīth"
  • "Āmistirdām"
  • "암스테르담 = Amsterdam"
  • "Amstirdām"
  • "Amsterdam : Roman"
  • "Амстердам"
  • "Amsterdam : [a novel]"
  • "Amsterdam : [novel]"
  • "Amsterdam"@sv
  • "Amsterdam"@ca
  • "Amsterdam"@es
  • "Amsterdam"@en
  • "Amsterdam"
  • "Amsterdam"@pl
  • "Amsterdam"@it
  • "Amsterdam"@sl
  • "Amusitedan = Amsterdam"
  • "Amsterntam"
  • "Amsterdam Roman"
  • "Amsterdam'da düello"
  • "Amsterdam'da duello : roman"

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