Now 40 years since first publication, McEwan's first published work is still his most hauntingly dark and atmospheric. ? EsquireMarks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer -- Julian Barnes ? New StatesmanAs promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across ? VogueIan McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner -- Gabriele Annan ? Times Literary SupplementA writer of uncanny power ? Time ?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. Biografía del autor 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; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen. Leer más