~ Trade Paperback

A breathtakingly inventive modern retelling of Hamlet, Nutshell plays on the classic tale by placing the anguished son in a position where he can observe and endlessly expound on the family tragedy unfolding before him, but not act on what he knows . . . 

A classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature, Nutshell is a bravura performance  from a true master.

“At once playful and deadly serious, delightful and frustrating, [Nutshell] is one of McEwan’s hardest-to-categorize works, and all the more interesting for it.” -- The Times