Authors: Ian McEwan
ISBN-13: 9780679750185, ISBN-10: 0679750185
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: January 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Ian McEwan, one of the most acclaimed literary novelists working today, is also one of the most adventurous. His books are as unsettling for their insights into the human condition as they are for their at times macabre situations and plotlines. But however unexpected the story, McEwan always delivers a work of wonderfully fluid writing and distinct, memorable characters.
In this tour de force of psychological uneasenow a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead CusackMcEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgettingor denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."Washington Post Book World.
A novel and a collection of short stories by English writer McEwan offer chilling portraits of sexual obsession. (Jan.)