- Published: 3 December 2018
- ISBN: 9781784703608
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $22.99
First Love, Last Rites















- Published: 3 December 2018
- ISBN: 9781784703608
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $22.99
Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer
Julian Barnes, New Statesman
As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across
Vogue
Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner
Gabriele Annan, Times Literary Supplement
And now for a brand new writer of formidable talent, Ian McEwan who is 27. His stories First Love, Last Rites.are the most devastating debut I have seen for a long time
Peter Lewis, Daily Mail
A brilliant debut by the most promising writer around
A. Alvarez, Observer Books of the Year
Now 40 years since first publication, McEwan's first published work is still his most hauntingly dark and atmospheric.
Esquire
Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer
Julian Barnes, New Statesman
As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across
Vogue
Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner
Gabriele Annan, Times Literary Supplement
A writer of uncanny power
Time