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With each novel, Amsterdam captivates and challenges readers to reflect deeply on life's multifaceted nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-easy-way-out-by-steven-amsterdam-9780733639128","title":"The Easy Way Out","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Indie Award for Fiction 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmsterdam 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.\u003c\/em\u003e - Anna Krien, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eNight Games, Into the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUs and Them\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you could help someone in pain, would you? Evan is a nurse, a suicide assistant. His job is legal... just. He's the one at the hospital who hands out the last drink to those who ask for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvan's friends don't know what he does during the day. His mother, Viv, doesn't know what he's up to at night. And his supervisor suspects there may be trouble ahead. As he helps one patient after another die, Evan pushes against legality, his own morality and the best intentions of those closest to him, discovering that his own path will be neither quick nor painless. 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