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Fiction
by Fiona Wright
September 2016, no. 384

The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam

Hachette $29.99 pb, 272 pp, 9780733636271

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For a novel about death – assisted dying, more specifically – The Easy Way Out is incredibly funny. Steven Amsterdam has a wry sense of humour, which is always at work throughout the book, and his sardonic narrator, Evan, is perfectly pitched to offset the darkness of, and the discomfort around, the novel's subject matter.

 


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The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam

Hachette $29.99 pb, 272 pp, 9780733636271

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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