"In this tour de force of psychological unease - now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack - McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting - or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies." - Washington Post Book World.

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
Genres: Fiction

Also by this author: Amsterdam, Atonement, Saturday, On Chesil Beach, The Children Act, Sweet Tooth, Enduring Love, Solar, The Comfort of Strangers, Nutshell, The Child in Time, Black Dogs, The Innocent, First Love, Last Rites, In Between the Sheets

 

This is the first novel written by Ian McEwan in 1978, also listed as one of the 1001 Must Read Books. This very short book is about four orphaned siblings living on their own – two boys and two girls with ages between 6 and 17 years old. I found it a bit creepy and disturbing, but I still enjoyed reading it. My favourite one so far is Nutshell.

You can read more about this book in The Guardian.