Exhilarating * Independent * Ian McEwan writes stories of exquisite precision and clarity * Evening Standard * As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl * Vogue * Perfectly judged, scary, poignant, meaningful; he makes it look easy, but this is brilliantly achieved * Guardian * These stories are so good, as acute about childhood preoccupations, and at times as disturbing as you would expect * Harpers & Queen *
Ian 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.