num_pages: 144
description: In this tour de force of psychological unease - now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack - McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies." Washington Post Book World.
language: English
title: The Cement Garden
titlecomplete: The Cement Garden
characters: Julie Barenson, Sue, Jack Tenpenny, Derek
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Horror, Classics, British Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 30859
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Vintage