The Child in Time
- Author Ian McEwan
- Narrator Nathaniel Parker
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 8 hours and 4 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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What to expect
The Child in Time opens with a harrowing event. Stephen Lewis,a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. Just like that. From there, Lewis spirals into bereavement that has effects on his relationship with his wife, his psyche and time itself.
Critics Review
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Spooky…a wonderful novel
Observer -
The Child in Time is an extraordinary achievement
Guardian -
It is marvellously written, moving, serious, readable… If you want to be appalled, refreshed, exhilarated, enlivened – read it
Sunday Times -
His masterpiece
Christopher Hitchens -
Artistically, morally, and politically, he excels
The Times
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