The Cement Garden, Ian McEwan
The Cement Garden, Ian McEwan
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The Cement Garden

Author: Ian McEwan

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/04/2008

Synopsis

One of the world's most acclaimed novelists, New York Times best-selling author Ian McEwan has earned the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A tour de force of stunning power, The Cement Garden is a beautiful yet disturbing look at the psychology of childhood. After their parents die, four children are left alone in the family house. They are free to live however they choose-but they must preserve a terrible secret.

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Goodreads review by Fabian on February 18, 2019

Will ever these tales of incest cease? Well, my true guess is no, for they sure do captivate (lookin' atchu V.C. Andrews [...R.I.P., girl]!). Another case in point: this early novel from major Nobel contender (I'm certain of this, right?) Ian McEwan. "The Cement Garden" is considered by critics to b......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 28, 2021

With Ian McEwan you will never read two novels with a similar theme. What you will read are novels that are unusual, bizarre, and often macabre. You will meet interesting , well-developed characters, often not ones you would choose for friends. You will also read some of the best prose in current li......more

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