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First Love, Last Rites
Ian McEwan
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Description for First Love, Last Rites
Paperback. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.
Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784703608
SKU
V9781784703608
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About Ian McEwan
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 ... Read more
Reviews for First Love, Last Rites
Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer
Julian Barnes
New Statesman
As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across
Vogue
Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner
Gabriele ... Read more
Julian Barnes
New Statesman
As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across
Vogue
Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner
Gabriele ... Read more