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Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She´s still in the marital home but not with John. Instead, she´s with his brother, Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy´s womb. Told from a perspective unlike any other,NUTSHELLis a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the worlds master storytellers.

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Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She´s still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she´s with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy´s womb.

Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world´s master storytellers.

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"An astonishing act of literary ventriloquism unlike any in recent literature. A bravura performance, it is the finest recent work from a true master... Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a shocking tale of murder and treachery from one of the world´s master storytellers." Daily Telegraph

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Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer , a children´s novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites , won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time , which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, The Cement Garden , Enduring Love , Amsterdam , which won the 1998 Booker Prize, Atonement , Saturday, On Chesil Beach, Solar, Sweet Tooth and The Children Act .

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Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.

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