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The Cement Garden

By: Ian McEwan
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves…

©1978 Ian McEwan (P)2014 (p) AudioGo Ltd. Published by Random House Audiobooks Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

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Loved it, the characters of the children were each unique, raw, endearing and also at times horrible. But they loved each other and were totally loyal to the end.

Great if far fetched but McEwen is a great writer

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wonderfully dark and twisted tale, beautifully written and performed. leaves an uncanny taste in your mouth.

dark, twisted, brilliant

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disturbing but I felt there was more to be said about the brother-sister relationship and how they got to that point

disturbing but I felt there was more to be said

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This is an unflinching brave book which is well written and worth a listen but it’s a very grim subject matter. It kept reminding me of the film Naked by Mike Leigh. How long can we stay in this character’s head? Mercifully the novel is short.

Unflinching but grim

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I'm no prude but this wasn't my cup of tea. a story of 4 strange unlikable children who are orphaned and decide to fend for themselves. Not particularly interesting but very cringey. Refund please!

Weird and disturbing incest story.

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