On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

On Chesil Beach

by Ian McEwan

Jonathan Cape 2007, [First Edition], ISBN 9780224081184, hardback, dustjacket

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owner’s inscription scribbled out on half title page, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear (see photographs)

“A short novel of remarkable depth and poignancy by a writer at the height of his powers.
It is July 1962.  Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coat.  At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come...”