Child In Time

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  A Labour victory in the 1987 British General Election would have been a good thing for The Book and the Brotherhood and a disaster for The Child in Time. As it is, with Mrs Thatcher set to complete at least 13 years in office, Iris Murdoch may now be ... (read full critics)

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  The story began 2 years after Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children books, lost her daughter to abduction on a trip to the supermarket. This is only a backdrop to a much more complicated plot of political conspiracy, insanity and time travel. Ian McEwan proved himself again as the master ... (continue)

  The story began 2 years after Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children books, lost her daughter to abduction on a trip to the supermarket. This is only a backdrop to a much more complicated plot of political conspiracy, insanity and time travel. Ian McEwan proved himself again as the master of psychological thrillers of our time.

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  A wonderful novel, it is marvellousy written.

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• English Books
• Hardcover
• ISBN-10: 0517029367
• ISBN-13: 9780517029367
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Pub date: Jan 17, 1990
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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