“[McEwan] is the quietest and most lucid of stylists, with never a word wasted or fumbled.”
— The New York Review of Books
“The best English novelist of his generation.”
— The New York Observer
“One of today’s most imaginative writers.”
— The Star-Ledger (Newark)
“McEwan is an excellent storyteller.… His forte remains exploring the psyche of his characters and their growth in knowledge and experience at the expense of their innocence.”
— Boston Sunday Herald
“Ian McEwan has proven himself to be one of Britain’s most distinct voices and one of its most versatile talents.”
— Chicago Tribune
“McEwan writes a simple, visual prose—comic, deadpan, and lyrical.”
— Booklist (starred)
“A delightful blend of serious whimsy and hilarious gravity.”
— Library Journal (starred)
“McEwan dexterously presents a series of strange and wonderful metamorphoses. His vivid and poetic writing, celebrating the creative abilities of a gifted ten-year-old, reveals a profound understanding of childhood.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred)
Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of more than ten books, including the novels Atonement, The Comfort of Strangers , and Black Dogs , all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Amsterdam , winner of the Booker Prize, and The Child in Time , winner of the Whitbread Award, as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites , winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets . He has also written screenplays, plays, television scripts, a children’s book, and the libretto for an oratorio. He lives in London.