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The Daydreamer

Name: The Daydreamer
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Author: Ian McEwan
ISBN: 9780385498050

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Published on Jan 18, 2000 | 160 Pages

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A delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement.

“As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl.” —Vogue

In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan.

“Imaginative and sparkling, not a page should be missed.” —San Diego Union-Tribune

“As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl.” —Vogue

“Combines wit and invention with a sense of the natural order being overturned.” —The Washington Post Book World

“Peter’s fantasy life is richer than anybody’s since Walter Mitty.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Brilliant . . . the quality of imagination at play here is something special.” —The Times Educational Supplement (London)

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Ian McEwan

IAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.ianmcewan.com

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