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The calm life of science writer Joe Rose is shattered when he sees a man die in a freak hot-air balloon accident. A stranger named Jed Parry joins Rose in helping to bring the balloon to safety, but unknown to Rose, something passes between...

On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence: Clive...

Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb. Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from...

1962: Florence and Edward are celebrating their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. As they dine, the expectations of their marital duties become overwhelming. Unbeknownst to them both, the decisions they make this night will resonate throughout the rest of their lives....

Twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham’s intelligence work offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence. But the opportunity turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening—a night when Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed....

While vacationing, Mary and Colin attract the interest of Robert, a charismatic older man with a story to tell. But the more they get to know Robert—and his disabled wife, Caroline—the more apparent it becomes that there’s something not quite right about their new...

In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan. / En estos siete episodios exquisitos, Peter Fortune, un hombre adulto,...

In the Tallis family home, everything appears to be peaceful. A more attentive ear might notice subtle discord, a rising tension that explodes when Cecilia, the oldest Tallis daughter, emerges from a fountain wearing only her underclothes, while Robbie, the much loved son of...

Jim Sams woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a giant creature… Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain--and it is...

Fiona Maye is a renowned judge who presides over cases in the family division. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness and a sudden threat to her marriage of thirty years. At the same time,...

As a child, Roland Baines's parents sent him to boarding school. There, far from family protection, he took piano lessons with a young teacher named Miriam Cornell, with whom he had a fascinating and traumatic experience that would mark his life forever. The years,...

Jeremy, an orphan since the age of eight, has always been fascinated by his friends’ parents. In adolescence, while his friends were rebelling against their parents, he was a good boy who always tried to live up to their expectations. At the age of...

Charlie is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. He comes into money and buys Adam, one of the first synthetic humans. He and Miranda design Adam's personality. It isn't long before a love triangle soon forms, and...

Stephen Lewis, a young children's author, lives in London with his wife Julie and three-year-old daughter Kate. His life changes dramatically when Kate disappears in a supermarket. This event triggers a crisis between Stephen and Julie and provokes a deep reflection on parenthood and...

It is 1972 in England. During the Cold War the student Serena Frome is enlisted by the MI5 in Cambridge. From now on her life will change and nothing will be what it seems. This is a story of espionage, a thriller that confronts...

In the eight stories of First Love, Last Rites, depravity can masquerade as innocence and butterflies can be sinister. The author is equally capable of showing how the life of a child is devastated by the macabre and of distilling the sensations of first...

Ian McEwan follows a man through a Saturday that gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, deeply in love with his wife, has a nice day with his family planned out. But after an unsettling confrontation, Perowne must set aside his plans and summon a strength...

Dr. Michael Beard’s best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned institutions, and halfheartedly heads an initiative tackling global warming. Can a man who has made a mess of his...