Who won the Booker Prize in 1998 with the novel 'Amsterdam'?
Amsterdam (novel) of the five-judge panel, called McEwan's novel "a sardonic and wise examination of the morals and culture of our time." Amsterdam (novel) Amsterdam is a 1998 novel by British writer Ian McEwan, for which he was awarded the 1998 Booker Prize. "Amsterdam" is the story of a euthanasia pact between two friends, a composer and a newspaper editor, whose relationship spins into disaster. The book begins with the funeral of artist Molly Lane. Guests at the funeral include British Foreign Secretary Julian Garmony, newspaper editor Vernon Halliday, and composer Clive Linley. The three share certain attributes: each has a very
Lost Man Booker Prize award of the prize was announced by Antonia Fraser and accepted by Farrell's brother Richard. If "Troubles" had won the Man Booker Prize in 1970 Farrell would have been the first author to win it twice, as he won it in 1973 for "The Siege of Krishnapur". Farrell's literary agent claimed Farrell would have been "thrilled" to have won the prize. Lost Man Booker Prize The Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a public vote in 2010 to a novel from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were not eligible