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Ian McEwan - Amsterdam

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Ten-part dramatisation of Amsterdam, Ian McEwan's Booker Prize-winning novel of 1998.

Ian McEwan - Amsterdam: 1. Farewell

1. Farewell

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Family, friends and several ex-lovers gather to say farewell to Molly Lane.

4 Extra Debut. As the funeral party gathers for Molly Lane, the foreign secretary’s private life comes into focus. Read by Michael Kitchen.

As loved one and ex-lovers gather at the crematorium chapel to say farewell to Molly Lane - the private life of  the foreign secretary comes into focus. 

Michael Kitchen reads Ian McEwan's Booker Prize winning novel.

Abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester

Producer: Julia Butt 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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