The Easy Way Out

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTERS LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 2017

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALS GOLD MEDAL 2017

LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE AWARD FOR FICTION 2017

LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017

LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA AWARD LITERARY FICTION 2017

'Amsterdam 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.' - Anna Krien, bestselling author of NIGHT GAMES, INTO THE WOODS and US and THEM

If 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.

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 legality, his own morality and the best intentions of those closest to him, discovering that his own path will be neither quick nor painless.

He knows what he has to do.

In this powerful novel, award-winning author Steven Amsterdam challenges readers to face the most taboo and heartbreaking of dilemmas. Would you help someone end their life?

'The Easy Way Out is a perfect storm of a novel. Superbly written and instantly engaging, with great characters and a killer (excuse the pun) premise' - Sydney Morning Herald

'There's something fresh and engaging about Steven Amsterdam's writing ' - Australian Women's Weekly