The Child In Time
Book formats
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Book short specifications
- Author
- Ian McEwan
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Language
- english
- Release date
- June 5, 1997
- ISBN
- 978-0-09-975501-2
- GTIN
- 9780099755012
- Weight, g
- 240
About
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.