The Child in Time

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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

  • 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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