Vintage paperback edition of McEwan's finely crafted Booker-winner; a witty and profound morality tale, full of surprises. a well plotted story of plots which displays its own elegant structure as one of the pleasures offered to the reader... It is full of gusto, straightforward, and delivers blows to the gut... shocking A.S. Byatt. Despite this title's already high profile, Random House will be mounting a major publicity campaign ***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE***Two old friends – Cline Linley and Vernon Halliday – meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Clive is Britain’s most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor of the respected broadsheet, The Judge.
