LYNN WELLS is Associate Professor of English, University of Regina, Canada. She has taught Ian McEwan's fiction at both undergraduate and graduate levels and is author of Allegories of Telling: Self-Referential Narrative in Contemporary British Fiction (Rodopi 2003).

'A very intelligent and knowledgeable, but also highly accessible book, containing some of the best succinct readings of McEwan's fiction to date.'- Professor Peter Childs, University of Gloucestershire, UK

• General Editor's PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPART I: INTRODUCTIONTimelineIntroductionA Biographical ReadingPART II: MAJOR WORKSThe Cement Garden and The Comfort of StrangersThe Child in TimeThe Innocent and Black DogsEnduring LoveAmsterdam and On Chesil BeachAtonementSaturdayPART III: CRITICISM AND CONTEXTSAuthor InterviewOther WritingsCritical ReceptionFurther Reading and BibliographyIndex.