ISBN10: 0224062522, ISBN13: 9780224062527, [publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd] Hardcover First Edition Signed, first edition. Dust jacket in near fine condition, not price clipped, some bumping to the top edge of the spine, Book in near fine condition, spine straight, boards and pages clean, edges square, some bumping to the top of the spine. A beautifully crafted love story filled with repressed passion and festering jealousy, McEwan’s rich, character-driven narrative examines the nature of guilt and the onerous quest for redemption. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
[Blaenavon, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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