Child In Time

McEwan, Ian

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The Child in Time won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award. In it, a young couple have their child snatched from them and are driven apart by despair.

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Publish Date: 05/06/1997

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Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch

‘Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty’ Benedict Cumberbatch

On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children’s books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen’s life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable – as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past – and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen’s own childhood back into the present.

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Weight 209 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 16 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

220

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.914 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K