Atonement

Ian McEwan’s highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn.

Grazia

Simply stunning from beginning to end, this tense, evocative, beautifully-drawn novel transported me back to the 1930s and 40s, swept me away - and broke my heart too.

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A deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life

Red

A magnificent novel

Independent

A superb achievement

New York Times

The best thing he has ever written

Observer

He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel

Independent on Sunday

McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece

Evening Standard

A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama

John Updike

Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement

Sunday Times

Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties

The Times

An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality.

Herald

Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete

Scotsman

A complex, thought-provoking novel.

Fanny Blake, Woman and Home

Smoulders with slow-burning menace

The Times

Just brilliant, particularly for the clever, poignant final chapter. I loved the shattering, satisfying twist

Tasmina Perry, Red

I love being transported to a different era and this masterly novel succeeds at every level

Stephanie Beacham, Daily Express

This is a rare creature - a heartbreaker with genuine heart. Wonderful

Herald

One of the great unrequited love stories

Eve Magazine

An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it

Rich Clarke, Week

Atonement is a magnificent novel, shaped and paced with awesome confidence and eloquence

Independent

Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book- A superb achievement which combines a magnificent display of the powers of the imagination with a probing exploration of them

Sunday Times