Nutshell

 
　　特魯迪背叛了她的丈夫約翰，如今她還住在他們位於倫敦那棟破舊卻價值連城的房子裡，但不是與約翰一起，而是他那平庸的兄弟克勞德。
 
　　特魯迪與克勞德有一個秘密計畫，他們正打算謀殺一個人，沒想到這樁秘密竟然有一個見證人，那就是住在特魯迪子宮裡九個月的那個人……。
 
　　全世界最會說故事的作家，從一個全新的角度娓娓道來一樁離奇、充滿欺騙與黑暗的事件，《Nutshell》就是這樣一個不可錯過的經典故事。（文／博客來編譯）

　　Nutshell is a classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature. A bravura performance, it is the finest recent work from a true master.

 

作者簡介

　　Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children's novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. His first published work, a collection of short stories, 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, Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize, Atonement, Saturday, On Chesil Beach, Solar, Sweet Tooth and The Children Act.