The Child in Time by Ian Mcewan
Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present.
Spooky..a wonderful novel * Observer *
The Child in Time is an extraordinary achievement * Guardian *
It is marvellously written, moving, serious, readable... If you want to be appalled, refreshed, exhilarated, enlivened - read it * Sunday Times *
His masterpiece
Artistically, morally, and politically, he excels * The Times *
The Child in Time is an extraordinary achievement * Guardian *
It is marvellously written, moving, serious, readable... If you want to be appalled, refreshed, exhilarated, enlivened - read it * Sunday Times *
His masterpiece
Artistically, morally, and politically, he excels * The Times *
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. 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; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099755012 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099755017 |
| Title | The Child in Time |
| Author | Ian Mcewan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1987, Winner of Whitbread Prize (Novel) 1987 |
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