{"product_id":"9781784705572_425","title":"The Children Act by McEwan, Ian | Subject:Literature \u0026 Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out.She visits the boy in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. But it is Fiona who must ultimately decide whether he lives or dies and her judgement will have momentous consequences for them both. Review Compulsively readable... McEwan?s prose keeps its cutting edge and his books are the ones the reading public still crave? A masterly balance between research and imagination? One feels an immediate pleasure in returning to prose of uncommon clarity, unshowiness and control ?The TimesClassic McEwan? It?s a pleasure from start to finish, one not to be interrupted ?GuardianA powerful, humane novel ?Evening StandardOne of the finest writers alive ?Sunday TimesMcEwan writes as beautifully and elegantly as ever, his prose quintessentially English in its restraint, one meticulously chosen word hinting at depths of emotion ?Washington PostA finely written, engaging read? Poignant, challenging and lyrical ?Sunday ExpressA class act by one of our finest novelists. -- Viv Groskop ?RedA compelling moral dilemma [with] a moving and heartfelt denouement. ?TatlerShows McEwan as a master of fiction. -- Olivia Cole ?GQIt is one most extraordinary, powerful, moving reading experiences of my life. It is an utterly remarkable novel, delicately balanced, perfectly crafted, beautifully written. -- Alberto Manguel About the Author Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories,First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels includeThe 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;The Children Act;Nutshell; andMachines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller.Atonement,Enduring Love, The Children Act andOn Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Good | Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Used Good","offer_id":42965241069814,"sku":"9781784705572_R1_W2_C1","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/3857\/8002\/products\/513lzVZUB_L.jpg?v=1648567432","url":"https:\/\/www.worthing.in\/products\/9781784705572_425","provider":"Worthing.in","version":"1.0","type":"link"}