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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Easy Way Out
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'Evan's job is to help people die.

'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.

'Evan'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 the limits of the law - and his own morality. And with Viv increasingly unwell, his love life complicated, to say the least, Evan begins to wonder who might be there for him, when the time comes.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 264p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2016
      ISBN: 9780733636288
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Riverrun Press ,       2016 .
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      Extent: 265p.p.
      ISBN: 9781786480835, 1786480832, 9781786480842, 1786480840
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2017 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 July 2017.
      ISBN: 9780733639128
Alternative title: Einfach Gehen
Language: German
    • Zurich,
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      Switzerland,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Unionsverlag ,       2018 .
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      Extent: 343p.
      ISBN: 9783293005273
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Works about this Work

What I’m Reading Emilie Zoey Baker , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017;
Lingering Dilemmas in the Search for a Gentle Exit Chris Flynn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 August 2016; (p. 25) The Saturday Age , 27-28 August 2016; (p. 19)
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel
y separately published work icon A Conversation with Steven Amsterdam Chris Gordon (interviewer), 2016 23466616 2016 single work podcast interview

'Hear our Events Manager Chris Gordon in conversation with author Steven Amsterdam about his new novel, The Easy Way Out.' (Production summary)
Balances Fiona Wright , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 384 2016; (p. 47)
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel

'or 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.' (Introduction)
Steven Amsterdam, The Easy Way Out SH , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24 September 2016;
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel
Lingering Dilemmas in the Search for a Gentle Exit Chris Flynn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 August 2016; (p. 25) The Saturday Age , 27-28 August 2016; (p. 19)
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel
Author Steven Amsterdam Talks about Death and Why There Is No Easy Way Out Linda Morris , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 9 September 2016;
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel 'Every so often as a palliative care nurse, Steven Amsterdam is asked if there might be a less painful, more comfortable way out for a terminally ill patient. ...'
Complicated Detours Ahead of the Final Exit James Ley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 September 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel
Steven Amsterdam, The Easy Way Out SH , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24 September 2016;
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel
Balances Fiona Wright , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 384 2016; (p. 47)
— Review of The Easy Way Out Steven Amsterdam , 2016 single work novel

'or 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.' (Introduction)
Alexei Sayle and Comrades Smash Taboos at Melbourne Writers' Festival Jane Sullivan , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 5 September 2016;
What I’m Reading Emilie Zoey Baker , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017;
y separately published work icon A Conversation with Steven Amsterdam Chris Gordon (interviewer), 2016 23466616 2016 single work podcast interview

'Hear our Events Manager Chris Gordon in conversation with author Steven Amsterdam about his new novel, The Easy Way Out.' (Production summary)
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