AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERSDiscover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning,Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm,organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy,but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe,something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe's beloved scientific rationalism,threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness.'A plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that night'A.S. Byatt
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099276586Number of pages: 256Weight: 200 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 20 mm
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Utterly compellingHypnotically readableTaut with narrative excitement and suspenseA plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that nightHe is the maestro at creating suspense
Ian McEwan
Described as Britain's greatest living novelist,British author Ian McEwan's books include Enduring Love,Atonement,On Chesil Beach,The Children Act and Nutshell. One of a generation of writers,including Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie,who established their literary credentials in the 1970's Ian McEwan is a world-renowned writer whose novels have the rare gift of being as critically acclaimed as they are widely popular.
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