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OverviewRe-jacketed in stunning new series style, this is the first book from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian McEwanPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.172kg ISBN: 9781784703608ISBN 10: 1784703605 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 04 October 2018 Recommended Age: From 0 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsMarks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer -- Julian Barnes * New Statesman * As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across * Vogue * Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner -- Gabriele Annan * Times Literary Supplement * A writer of uncanny power * Time * Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer -- Julian Barnes New Statesman As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across Vogue Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner -- Gabriele Annan Times Literary Supplement A writer of uncanny power Time A writer of uncanny power * Time * Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner -- Gabriele Annan * Times Literary Supplement * As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across * Vogue * Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer -- Julian Barnes * New Statesman * Now 40 years since first publication, McEwan's first published work is still his most hauntingly dark and atmospheric. * Esquire * Author InformationIan 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |