On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, 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 is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day the live of all three have been changed for ever.
"Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity. Atonement is a richly intricate book ... A superb achievement" (Sunday Times)
"He is this country`s unrivalled literary giant ... a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel" (Independent on Sunday)
"The best thing he has ever written" (Observer)
"McEwan`s best novel so far, his masterpiece" (Evening Standard)
"He is this country`s unrivalled literary giant ... a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel" (Independent on Sunday)
"The best thing he has ever written" (Observer)
"McEwan`s best novel so far, his masterpiece" (Evening Standard)
He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel Independent on Sunday