A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam.
Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children's novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. 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 and Sweet Tooth.
Compulsively readable... McEwan’s prose keeps its cutting edge and
his books are the ones the reading public still crave… A masterly
balance between research and imagination… One feels an immediate
pleasure in returning to prose of uncommon clarity, unshowiness and
control
*The Times*
Classic McEwan… It’s a pleasure from start to finish, one not to be
interrupted
*Guardian*
A powerful, humane novel
*Evening Standard*
One of the finest writers alive
*Sunday Times*
McEwan writes as beautifully and elegantly as ever, his prose
quintessentially English in its restraint, one meticulously chosen
word hinting at depths of emotion
*Washington Post*
A finely written, engaging read… Poignant, challenging and
lyrical
*Sunday Express*
A class act by one of our finest novelists.
*Red*
A compelling moral dilemma [with] a moving and heartfelt
denouement.
*Tatler*
Shows McEwan as a master of fiction.
*GQ*
It is one most extraordinary, powerful, moving reading experiences
of my life. It is an utterly remarkable novel, delicately balanced,
perfectly crafted, beautifully written.
*Alberto Manguel*
Every word counts: one has the sense of a complicated piece of
music played by a master soloist.
*The Times*
A great writer. One of the most acute chroniclers of modern life
and its discontents ... The Children Act is both gripping and
highly topical…Entirely entrancing
*Andrew Marr*
Prose of uncommon clarity, unshowiness and control … Masterly
*Observer*
Although thrillingly close to the child within us, McEwan
nonetheless writes for, and about, the grown-ups. In a climate that
breeds juvenile cynicism, we more than ever need his adult art.
*Independent*
McEwan brings to the analysis of justice a distinctive combination
of literary skill, empathy and legal knowledge… A welcome addition
to the class [of novels about judges].
*The Times*
A brave and enormously interesting subject.
*Independent on Sunday*
A dazzling tapestry… Another magnificent work by McEwan, important
and meticulously crafted.
*National*
A svelte novel as crisp and spotless as a priest’s collar.
*Washington Post*
Pacy and gripping, with a fascinating premise… McEwan skillfully
brings complexity and depth to the characters.
*Stylist*
Beautifully told with pared-down emotional honesty, this 13th novel
from the Booker Prize-winner is fiercely clever and incredibly
moving.
*Hello!*
A gripping new novel which brings into question morality, religion
and the very nature of life itself.
*Hunts Post*
McEwan masterfully weaves a gripping personal story.
*Gazette (Colchester)*
I feel that both Fiona and the boy somehow sort of transcended
naturalistic character
*Saturday Review*
Emotionally wrenching and visceral.
*Elle*
Gripping.
*Mail on Sunday*
A short novel of great subtlety and tenderness.
*UK Human Rights*
Executed in his trademark elegant prose and is evidently
meticulously researched.
*Daily Mail*
Incredibly moving, intriguing and quite perfect as piece of
fiction.
*Bath Chronicle*
Yet another worthy addition to his canon.
*EasyJet Traveller*
The small morning scenes between husband and wife are superb.
*Catholic Herald*
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