Easy Way Out - Hardcover

McCauley, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786480832 ISBN 13: 9781786480835

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1992

Synopsis

Easy Way Out

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Amsterdam is a writer and palliative care nurse. Originally from New York City, he now lives in Melbourne. His most recent novel about assisted suicide, The Easy Way Out, has enjoyed critical acclaim in both the UK and Australia, and has been long-listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His first book Things We Didn't See Coming was long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. His second book, What the Family Needed was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Review:

A timely and stimulating topical novel. * Australian * 'A treat to read - playful, intelligent, and intriguing ' * Daily Mail on Things We Didn't See Coming * Read it once and then read it twice, often . . . Rarely has the darkness of life been looked at with such buoyant irony, imaginative grace and disarming candour. * Irish Times, on Things We Didn't See Coming * 'The book as a whole is a small marvel, overflowing with ideas. Scary, funny, shocking and touching by turns, it combines the readerly pleasures of constant reorientation with the sober charge of an urgent warning' * Guardian on Things We Didn't See Coming * 'Even in the blackest scenes Amsterdam's gift for mordant humour keeps the reader entertained' * Sunday Times * The Easy Way Out is incredibly funny . . . striking and unsettling . . . a finely poised book that deals with a difficult - and also critically important - subject matter with remarkable tenderness, humour, and nuance. * Australian Book Review * The Easy Way Out is a perfect storm of a novel. Superbly written and instantly engaging. * Sydney Morning Herald * Amsterdam is so damn good. He is up there with the best, Delillo and the like, original as Tsolkias, but most importantly he is a master storyteller in his own right, assured and compelling, he somehow articulates things you know deep down but never been able to put your finger on. I never want to stop reading him -- Anna Krien, author of Night Games Amsterdam is a master satirizer of politically correct bureaucracy * The Times * An unsentimental, thought-provoking tale about the meanings of life, death and freedom of choice * Sunday Times * Movingly rendered and blackly funny . . . unfailing compassion and humanity. You might want to find and find and hug a nurse after finishing this thoughtful and ethically nuanced novel * Guardian * In this captivating novel, Steven Amsterdam explores the philosophical complexity of end-of-life choice without ever losing the urgency of an absorbing plot. The Easy Way Out is written with insight, humor, and brio -- Andrew Solomon The Easy Way Out is a poignant, sharply funny story that raises questions about life, death, and love, with plenty of heart and dark humour. -- Louise O'Neill

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1786480832
• ISBN 13: 9781786480835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2