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". Gorgeous, feisty Molly had ot...
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". Gorgeous, feisty Molly 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 that will have 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. A contemporary morality tale that is as profound as it is witty, this short novel is perhaps the most purely enjoyable fiction Ian McEwan has ever written. And why Amsterdam? What happens there to Clive and Vernon is the most delicious shock in a novel brimming with surprises.
伊恩·麦克尤恩 作者
0 有用 酸 2020-04-09 19:53:41
一个关于时机的故事：人们如何一次次与自己追求的时机擦肩而过，而总是卷入错误的时机酿成错误。很可惜，一个过于工整和刻意的结尾完全毁了前文蕴含的不稳定性。
0 有用 啊咪里娅 2023-08-21 07:46:23 广东
What a page turner!!
0 有用 taylorhe07 2016-12-17 12:56:28
比atonement粗糙、浅显。全靠戏剧性的情节转折。最后以死亡告终-似乎是一种懒惰的结局。
0 有用 凌济 2021-07-02 16:04:58
一个死去的女人丈夫以及三个情人George、Clive、Vernon、Julian互相仇恨争斗的故事。
0 有用 人形空间 2016-05-09 18:58:16
本来这种剧情发展我是特别喜欢的！作者在这篇小说中又展现出了对非专业领域惊人的了解程度。《星期六》里是医学，这里是音乐。但可能因为之前看星期六觉得太喜欢了吧，读这本书的时候自然就会有很大的期待，然而它没有足够地回应我的期待，有一点点小失望~
0 有用 啊咪里娅 2023-08-21 07:46:23 广东
What a page turner!!
0 有用 人在鹭洲 2022-12-19 13:46:14 美国
第一本麦克尤恩。故事的结构挺精巧，两个男人，两条线索，围绕着一个女人和另一个男人，像DNA的双螺旋，直到它们汇聚到四个香槟酒杯，一切归于沉寂。哈利波特系列太成功了，以致于我总是把男主人公之一自动脑补成Uncle Vernon的形象……
0 有用 二青 2021-07-05 10:01:22
musical black humor
0 有用 凌济 2021-07-02 16:04:58
一个死去的女人丈夫以及三个情人George、Clive、Vernon、Julian互相仇恨争斗的故事。
0 有用 Trev 2021-03-14 01:02:06
麦克尤恩用交响乐串起各个篇章的写法令人印象深刻，多次稿件中想引用但又有些无从下手有些遗憾