{"product_id":"used-atonement","title":"Used - Atonement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIan McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses the flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives—together with her precocious literary gifts—brings about a crime that will change all their lives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs it follows that crime's repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 09\/20\/2001 - Used Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54498340897078,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-6116.heic?v=1788300398","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-atonement","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}