The Comfort of Strangers
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The Comfort of Strangers by Ian Mcewan
Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan. Colin and Mary are a couple whose intimacy knows no bounds.
Haunting and compelling * The Times *
No reader will begin The Comfort of Strangers and fail to finish it; a black magician is at work * New York Times *
This compelling, driven novel explores what it might be like to lose yourself forever * Guardian *
His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing * The Times *
McEwan, that master of the taciturn macabre, so organises his narrative that, without insisting anything, every turn and glimpse is another tightening of the noose * Observer *
No reader will begin The Comfort of Strangers and fail to finish it; a black magician is at work * New York Times *
This compelling, driven novel explores what it might be like to lose yourself forever * Guardian *
His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing * The Times *
McEwan, that master of the taciturn macabre, so organises his narrative that, without insisting anything, every turn and glimpse is another tightening of the noose * Observer *
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 | 9780099754916 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099754916 |
| Title | The Comfort of Strangers |
| Author | Ian Mcewan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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