General FictionLarge Print Edition*A Quality Paperback Book Club SelectionA sad, chilling, precise exploration of deranged love. starred, Kirkus ReviewsWill keep readers hooked. starred, Publishers WeeklyThe calm, organized life of Joe Rose is shattered one day when Joe takes part in a rescue effort to save a child in a runaway ballon gondola. The day ends with a tragedy that takes only seconds, but will reverberate in the lives of those present. Ian McEwan spins a tale of life intruded upon and discovers how an ordinary man can be driven to the brink of madness by anothers delusions.
