This introduction to the work of Ian McEwan places his fiction in historical and theoretical context. It explores his biography, literary techniques and the issues of ethics and representation. Including a timeline of key dates and an interview with the author it also offers an overview of the critical reception McEwan's work has provoked.

'A very intelligent and knowledgeable, but also highly accessible book, containing some of the best succinct readings of McEwan's fiction to date.'- Professor Peter Childs, University of Gloucestershire, UK

About the Author
LYNN WELLS is Associate Professor of English, University of Regina, Canada. She has taught Ian McEwan's fiction at both undergraduate and graduate levels and is author of Allegories of Telling: Self-Referential Narrative in Contemporary British Fiction (Rodopi 2003).

Reviews
'A very intelligent and knowledgeable, but also highly accessible book, containing some of the best succinct readings of McEwan's fiction to date.'- Professor Peter Childs, University of Gloucestershire, UK



Book Information
ISBN 9781403987822
Author Professor Lynn Wells
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 244g