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Born in 1948, the son of a Scots sergeant-major, Ian McEwan's childhood was a typical army one of the time - moving from Aldershot to Singapore and then again to Tripoli so at the age of eleven he was sent away to Woolverstone Hall, a state-run boarding school. He describes himself as 'a very mediocre pupil' until he was seventeen, when he began to find English literature exciting. After graduating from Sussex University he went on to do an MA course in creative writing at East Anglia, under the direction of Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson, and began writing short stories... Read More
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Atonement
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2003
Price: $14.95
Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2003
Price: $14.95
Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her... Read more >
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Saturday
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook... Read more >
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On Chesil Beach
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $13.95
In 1962, Florence and Edward celebrate their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. Yet as they dine, the expectation of their marital duties weighs over them. And unbeknownst to both, the decisions they make this night will resonate throughout their lives. With exquisite prose, Ian McEwan creates in On... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $13.95
In 1962, Florence and Edward celebrate their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. Yet as they dine, the expectation of their marital duties weighs over them. And unbeknownst to both, the decisions they make this night will resonate throughout their lives. With exquisite prose, Ian McEwan creates in On... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print hardcover.
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Atonement (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $14.95
On a summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony’s incomplete grasp of adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose repercussions... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $14.95
On a summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony’s incomplete grasp of adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose repercussions... Read more >
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Amsterdam
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1999
Price: $13.95
On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence: Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer, and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1999
Price: $13.95
On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence: Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer, and... Read more >
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Enduring Love
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $15.00
On a windy spring day in the Chilterns, the calm, organized life of science writer Joe Rose is shattered when he witnesses a tragic accident: a hot-air balloon with a boy trapped in its basket is being tossed by the wind, and in the attempt to save the child, a man... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $15.00
On a windy spring day in the Chilterns, the calm, organized life of science writer Joe Rose is shattered when he witnesses a tragic accident: a hot-air balloon with a boy trapped in its basket is being tossed by the wind, and in the attempt to save the child, a man... Read more >
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The Innocent
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $14.95
Leonard Marnham is assigned to a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin. His intelligence work—tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow—offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $14.95
Leonard Marnham is assigned to a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin. His intelligence work—tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow—offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international... Read more >
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Black Dogs
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $14.00
Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $14.00
Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend... Read more >
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The Comfort of Strangers
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1994
Price: $12.95
As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though someone is waiting for them who cares deeply about how they appear. When they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell, they become drawn into a fantasy of violence and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1994
Price: $12.95
As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though someone is waiting for them who cares deeply about how they appear. When they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell, they become drawn into a fantasy of violence and... Read more >
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The Cement Garden
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 13, 1994
Price: $13.95
In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."--Washington Post Book World. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 13, 1994
Price: $13.95
In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."--Washington Post Book World. Read more >
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The Child in Time
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1999
Price: $14.95
Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone.
With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize–winning author Ian... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1999
Price: $14.95
Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone.
With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize–winning author Ian... Read more >
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In Between the Sheets
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1994
Price: $12.95
Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1994
Price: $12.95
Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys... Read more >
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First Love, Last Rites
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 13, 1994
Price: $12.95
Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. 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... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 13, 1994
Price: $12.95
Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. 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... Read more >
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The Daydreamer
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2000
Price: $11.95
From the inexhaustible imagination of Ian McEwan--a master of contemporary fiction and author of the Booker Prize-winning national bestseller Amsterdam--an enchanting work of fiction that appeals equally to children and adults.
First published in England as a children's book, The Daydreamer marks a delightful foray by one of our greatest novelists into... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2000
Price: $11.95
From the inexhaustible imagination of Ian McEwan--a master of contemporary fiction and author of the Booker Prize-winning national bestseller Amsterdam--an enchanting work of fiction that appeals equally to children and adults.
First published in England as a children's book, The Daydreamer marks a delightful foray by one of our greatest novelists into... Read more >
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On Chesil Beach
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $22.00
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $22.00
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Atonement
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $30.00
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper’s son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony’s sister, has recently... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $30.00
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper’s son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony’s sister, has recently... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Saturday
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2005
Price: $26.00
From the pen of a master — the #1 bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Atonement — comes an astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Saturday is a... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2005
Price: $26.00
From the pen of a master — the #1 bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Atonement — comes an astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Saturday is a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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On Chesil Beach
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $29.95
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author!
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $29.95
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author!
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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On Chesil Beach
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $25.00
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $25.00
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Saturday
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
From the pen of a master — the #1 bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Atonement — comes an astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Saturday is a... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
From the pen of a master — the #1 bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Atonement — comes an astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Saturday is a... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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On Chesil Beach
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $13.95
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $13.95
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Solar
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $26.95
The literary event of the summer: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful.
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $26.95
The literary event of the summer: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful.
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
Solar
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $26.95
The literary event of the summer: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful.
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $26.95
The literary event of the summer: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful.
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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On Chesil Beach
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $14.00
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author!
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 5, 2007
Price: $14.00
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author!
A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time
It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Solar
Format: Trade Paperback, 486 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $27.00
The literary event of the summer: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful.
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 486 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $27.00
The literary event of the summer: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful.
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and... Read more >
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