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- McEwan scholar David Malcolm argues that reviews for The Comfort of Strangers were positive, noting that James Campbell of New Statesman praised it as a "fine novel" and that a number of critics (including Anthony Thwaite) deemed it superior to McEwan's previous novel The Cement Garden (1978).
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Jan 1, 1981 · The Comfort Of Strangers (1981) is a chilling psychological thriller about Colin and Mary, an attractive, if rather self-absorbed, unmarried couple who are vacationing in an unnamed city that has all the old-world markers of Venice. One night, while looking for a restaurant, they get lost in the narrow, labyrinthine alleys and run into Robert ...
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The Comfort of Strangers is a 1981 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is his second novel, and is set in an unnamed city (though the detailed description strongly suggests Venice).
An English couple on holiday encounter an unsettling stranger in Ian McEwan’s chilling psychological thriller about love, violence and obsession. Colin and Mary, holidaying in a city very much like Venice, are not having a good time.
Jun 1, 1981 · THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. by Ian McEwan ‧RELEASE DATE: June 1, 1981. bookshelf. shop now. amazon. The Ian McEwan paradox continues. As before (The Cement Garden, In Between the Sheets), he writes some of the cleanest, most sparely seductive narration this side of Graham Greene.
- Kirkus Reviews
A vacationing English couple find more than they bargained for, in this inventive and unsettling novel from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement. Visiting an unnamed city, Mary and Colin attract the interest of Robert, a charismatic older man with a story to tell.
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Nov 1, 1994 · Ian McEwan is a good writer, but not every one of his books is a worthwhile read. The Comfort of Strangers, a brief novel of less than 130 pages, is slightly above average, but is not really as deep nor compelling as some of his other books (such as Atonement or Enduring Love).
Jun 13, 2000 · The Comfort of Strangers. Ian McEwan. National Geographic Books, Jun 13, 2000 - Fiction - 176 pages. Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning...
