The Children Act

Fascinatingly complex and finally heartbreaking A quite beautiful work of fiction. * The Times * Another notable volume from one of the finest writers alive. * Washington Post * A masterclass in the power of precision and restraint McEwan is brilliant on the details that form the backdrop to public and private tragedy. * The Sunday Times * A classic McEwan novella, swift and compelling, asking to be read in a single sitting despite its 200-odd pages He makes it look simple yet few other writers have anything like his mastery of such prose So skillfully composed and fluently performed, its a pleasure from start to finish, one not to be interrupted. * Evening Standard * The Children Act is in part a tribute to the best of the legal profession and, as a wordsmith, his deep respect for the best of their prose The book has some landmark McEwan features of skillfully created tension. * Lancet * In typical McEwan style, The Children Act is unputdownable and hauntingly beautiful. * Khaleej Times * The Children Act is asophisticated exploration of how society treats children and how childrens welfare can be considered in the complex world in which we live, where issues about how children should be raised are not subject to consensus. * Legal Action *

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.