One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose’s calm, organized life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief
meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Rose, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Rose’s beloved
scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness.
About the Author
Ian McEwan’s first published work, a collection of short stories called 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 and Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize. His most recent novel is Atonement. He lives in Oxford.
