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Als Familienrichterin beschäftigt sich Fiona Maye beruflich häufig mit Trennungs- und Scheidungsfällen: Jetzt ist sie plötzlich selbst betroffen. Aber immer wieder landen auch kompliziertere Fälle auf ihrem Tisch, die sie von ihren eigenen Problemen ablenken.
So auch der Fall von Adam Henry, einem an Leukämie erkranktem Jungen, der dringend eine Bluttransfusion benötigt. Diese wird jedoch von ihm und seinen Eltern aus religiösen Gründen strikt abgelehnt. Fiona ist dem Kinderschutzgesetz (Children Act) verpflichtet und soll die Entscheidung der Familie juristisch...

The fortieth anniversary edition of McEwan's first published work, beautifully re-jacketed for a new generation of fans.
Now with an Afterword from the author.
Forty years on from when they were first published, these stories show McEwan's dazzling early talent. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.

As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though there waits someone who cares deeply about how they appear. Then they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell and become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.

**Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller**In a world not quite like this one, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing has achieved an astonishing breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In an alternative 1980s London, Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans.

With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong...

Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogsis the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend how their deep love could be defeated by ideological differences Bernard and June cannot reconcile, Jeremy undertakes writing June's memoirs, only to be led back again and again to one terrifying encouner forty years earlier a moment that, for June, was as devastating and irreversible in its...