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First Love, Last Rites: Stories

By Ian McEwan

Book information

Publisher
Vintage Books
Year
1994
ISBN
0679750193, 9780679750192
LCC
PR6063.C4 F5 1994
Open Library ID
OL1417862M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
135 kB (138230 bytes)
Pages
165\0
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. 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. These tales are as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King, but they are crafted with a lyricism and intensity that compel us to confront our secret kinship with the horrifying.

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