The Cement Garden
by Ian McEwan
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McEwan's first novel is about a perverse family in which the children bury their mother in cement and the eldest son calmly deflowers his sister while another sibling looks on. Many of the themes of McEwan's fiction are present here: the grotesque black comedy, the pervasiveness of evil, the twisted eroticism, and the importance of the mundane details of everyday life.
Editions of The Cement Garden
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 1994 |
Price $2.26 |
 Used - Good |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Penguin Books |
Date 1988 |
Price $2.50 |
Used, Very Good |
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Publisher Recorded Books |
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Price None Available |
Publisher Notes
In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."--Washington Post Book World.
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