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Zusatztext A powerful novel that follows Joe Rose as he changes from a rational andorganised human being to a desperate man driven to think of murder becauseof another's obsession. The hardback of (Enduring Love) did extremely well!and was yet another surprise omission from the 1997 Booker short-list.McEwan's previous titles include (The Cement Garden! Black Dogs) and (TheComfort Of Strangers). Informationen zum Autor Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of eighteen 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. Klappentext 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 . Zusammenfassung 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....
