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 Times *
Classic McEwan... It's a pleasure from start to finish, one not to be interrupted * Guardian *
A powerful, humane novel * Evening Standard *
One of the finest writers alive * Sunday Times *
McEwan writes as beautifully and elegantly as ever, his prose quintessentially English in its restraint, one meticulously chosen word hinting at depths of emotion * Washington Post *
A finely written, engaging read... Poignant, challenging and lyrical * Sunday Express *
A class act by one of our finest novelists. -- Viv Groskop * Red *
A compelling moral dilemma [with] a moving and heartfelt denouement. * Tatler *
Shows McEwan as a master of fiction. -- Olivia Cole * GQ *
It 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
