'A superb achievement- his prose has instant, lucid beauty and his narrative voice has a perfect poise and certainty. His account of deprivation and survival is marvellously sure, and the imaginative alignment of his story is exactly right' - Tom Paulin
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.
A macabre but unforgettable tale
*Guardian*
One of his very best… Deliciously disturbing.
*Big Issue in the North*
A macabre but unforgettable tale
*Guardian*
One of his very best… Deliciously disturbing.
*Big Issue in the North*
An unforgettable tale
*Guardian*
Hypnotic
*New Yorker*
An extremely assured, technically adept and compelling piece of
work
*Observer*
Marvellously creates the atmosphere of youngsters given that
instant adulthood they all crave, where the ordinary takes on a
mysterious glow
*Sunday Times*
A shocking book...irresistibly readable
*New York Review of Books*
Darkly impressive
*The Times*
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