**From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement--a
taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric collection of stories that are
as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King.
**
Here is the collection that first brought Ian McEwan instant recognition
as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. These
riveting stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of
boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil
might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. These tales disturb but
are crafted with a lyricism and intensity that compel us to confront our
secret kinship with the horrifying.
Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons, available now.