Book Review of Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

I recommend this book which simply, delicately and painfully tells the story of the consequences if a man's involvement in a freak accident in which a crashed, hot air balloon blows away with a child inside. The book combines the tensions of an eerily sinister thriller with the paranoia of a man who falls prey to the obsessions of a religious maniac who confuses God's love with his own fantasies. In parallel there are two genuinely durable love stories, that of the narrator's relationship with his partner, and that of the widow and her heroic husband who dies in the ballooning accident. This book asks questions about sanity, conscience and moral responsibility.

This review is by Mr Gray,
Principal at SMC

If you would like to borrow this book we have some copies in the library.