Enduring Love
Enduring Love
McEwan subverts his protagonist's life in one event: a hot air balloon accident. As of this incident, Joe becomes both the victim of an obsession and an obsessive himself. Nearing murder and madness, Joe Rose proves a fascinating character.
Read moreOne windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe's beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness.
McEwan subverts his protagonist's life in one event: a hot air balloon accident. As of this incident, Joe becomes both the victim of an obsession and an obsessive himself. Nearing murder and madness, Joe Rose proves a fascinating character.