165 [1] pages. Gold lettering on the spine, 'I' 'M' on the front cover. There is a slight slant to the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minimal wear to the top edge. A very good copy of this American First Edition of Ian McEwans' debut collection. Size: 5 x 8.5.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

First Love, Last Rites

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

1975

Language

English

ISBN 10

0394494229

ISBN 13

9780394494227

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First American Edition.

Printing

First American Editi

Condition

Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric, these 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 are as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King, but they are crafted with a lyricism and intensity that compel us to confront our secret kinship with the horrifying.

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"McEwan [has] a powerful talent that is both weird and wonderful." --Boston Sunday Globe

"Ian McEwan's fictional world combin[es] the bleak, dreamlike quality of de Chirico's city-scapes with the strange eroticism of canvases by Balthus. Menace lies crouched between the lines of his neat, angular prose, and weird, grisly things occur in his books with nearly casual aplomb." --The New York Times

"McEwan is a splendid magician of fear." --Village Voice Literary Supplement

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