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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
Works about this Work
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What I’m Reading
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017; -
Lingering Dilemmas in the Search for a Gentle Exit
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 2016 single work novel -
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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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Balances
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 384 2016; (p. 47)
— Review of The Easy Way Out 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)
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Steven Amsterdam, The Easy Way Out
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24 September 2016;
— Review of The Easy Way Out 2016 single work novel
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Lingering Dilemmas in the Search for a Gentle Exit
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 2016 single work novel -
Author Steven Amsterdam Talks about Death and Why There Is No Easy Way Out
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 9 September 2016;
— Review of The Easy Way Out 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
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 September 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of The Easy Way Out 2016 single work novel -
Steven Amsterdam, The Easy Way Out
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 24 September 2016;
— Review of The Easy Way Out 2016 single work novel -
Balances
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 384 2016; (p. 47)
— Review of The Easy Way Out 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)
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Alexei Sayle and Comrades Smash Taboos at Melbourne Writers' Festival
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 5 September 2016; -
What I’m Reading
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017; -
y
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)
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 2017 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2017 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- 2017 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 2017 longlisted Indie Awards — Fiction