First Love, Last Rites

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Description

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.

Additional information

Weight 0.172 kg
Dimensions 1.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

208

Publisher

Year Published

2018-10-4

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784703605

About The Author

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.

Review Quote

Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer

Other text

As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across