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Plot Summary of Amsterdam
"Morality story. Two close friends meet at the funeral of a mutual old lover. Both make moral blunders with disastrous consequences. Their fates are intertwined.

Winner of the Booker Prize."

Iain Cheyne, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Amsterdam
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - midlife crisis
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
City? Yes
City: - London

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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