The Cement Garden by Ian Mcewan

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The Cement Garden by Ian Mcewan

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In the arid summer heat, four children – Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom – find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children’s lives twist into something unrecognisable as the outside begins to bear down on them.

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The Cement Garden by Ian Mcewan

In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves...
A macabre but unforgettable tale * Guardian *
One of his very best… Deliciously disturbing* Big Issue in the North *
A macabre but unforgettable tale * Guardian *
One of his very best… Deliciously disturbing. * Big Issue in the North *
An unforgettable tale * Guardian *
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 9780099755111
ISBN 10 0099755114
Title The Cement Garden
Author Ian Mcewan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1997-06-05
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.