Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children's novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. 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 and The Children Act.
A writer of uncanny power * Time * Ian 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 Supplement * As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across * Vogue * Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer -- Julian Barnes * New Statesman * Now 40 years since first publication, McEwan's first published work is still his most hauntingly dark and atmospheric. * Esquire *