Ian McEwan

On Chesil Beach

Pre-loved Paperback

Ian McEwan’s celebrated novel, now an unmissable film starring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (AtonementBrooklyn).

It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Book type: Pre-loved paperback
Condition: Very good
Cover image: For illustration purposes only
Notes: The cover has almost no visible wear. It has no missing or damaged pages, no creasing.

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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 GardenEnduring LoveAmsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; AtonementSaturdayOn Chesil BeachSolarSweet ToothThe Children ActNutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. AtonementEnduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.

‘Wonderful…exquisite…devastating.’ Independent on Sunday

‘On Chesil Beach is more than an event. It is a masterpiece.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘Superb… The protagonists have everything to lose, and their faltering journey towards a point of no return is conjured into life my McEwan with irresistible subtlety, tact and force.’ Financial Times

‘Exquisitely crafted.’ Evening Standard

‘Written with a fierce pursuit of the truth and an utterly modern self-awareness, what a confidant tour de force this turns out to be.’ Sunday Express

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