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Can I read The Cement Garden on EtoBox?
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Cement Garden about?
<p>The first novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of <b>Amsterdam</b>.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p>
Who reads The Cement Garden?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ian McEwan
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780795302596
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (1,087 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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