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Nutshell Ian Mcewan Nutshell A Novel Ian McEwan TARGET CONSUMER: Fans of Ian McEwan Readers of Julian Barnes, Martin Amis, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith, and Kazuo Ishiguro Nutshell is a classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature. A bravura performance, it is the finest recent work from a true master. To be bound in a nutshell, see the world in two inches of ivory, in a grain of sand. Why not, when all of literature, all of art, of human endeavour is just a speck in the universe of possible things. Author Bio: Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of sixteen books, including the novels The Children Act; Sweet Tooth; Solar, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize; On Chesil Beach; Saturday; Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both short-listed for the Booker Prize; Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize; and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award; ON SALE 8/30/2016 as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets. NAN A. TALESE HC: 9780385542074 / $25.95 Residence: Gloucestershire, UK Author Site: http://www.ianmcewan.com EL: 9780385542081 / $12.99 Social: https://www.facebook.com/Ian-McEwan-305499726425/ BISAC 1: Fiction - Literary BISAC 2: Fiction - Family Life BISAC 3: Fiction - Psychological Page Count: 224 Trim Size: 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 Carton Count: 12 UPC: 050694925950 In-House Editor: Nan A. Talese Publicity and Marketing National and Local Media Appearances, including NPR and Select Print Features National Online Interviews, Reviews, and Literary Blog Coverage National Author Tour: Select Markets To Be Determined National Print Advertising Major Online Advertising Promotion and Advertising on Facebook Promotion on Doubleday's Social Media Platforms Email Blast to the Doubleday List Giveaways on GoodReads Outreach to Literary Bloggers Poster Blow-Ups Available Nutshell Ian McEwan Other Editions of This Title (Title Family) ISBN OS Publisher Price US/Can. IN GR LTD GR LTD NT LTD R 12m RM POS E-book 9780385542081 8/16 Nan A Talese Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN OS Publisher Price US/Can. IN GR LTD GR LTD NT LTD R 12m RM POS The Children Act/Mcewan, Ian/HC 9780385539708 9/14 Nan A Talese $25.00 65.7k 89.7k 67.5k 25 184 53.6k The Children Act/Mcewan, Ian/TR 9781101872871 4/15 Anchor $15.00 41.2k 71.9k 55.5k 23 2,429* 44.9k Children Act, The (Ebk)/Mcewan, Ian/EL 9780385539715 9/14 Anchor $11.99 0 85.3k 85.3k 0 2,008 85.5k Sweet Tooth/Mcewan, Ian/HC 9780385536820 11/12 Nan A Talese $26.95 80.7k 119.5k 96.5k 19 10 82.9k Sweet Tooth/Mcewan, Ian/TR 9780345803450 7/13 Anchor $15.95 55.3k 94.4k 58.8k 38 164 53.6k Sweet Tooth (Ebk)/Mcewan, Ian/EL 9780385536837 11/12 Anchor $11.99 0 99.6k 99.6k 0 141 99.5k Solar/Mcewan, Ian/HC 9780385533416 3/10 Nan A Talese $26.95 142.5k 151.6k 61.6k 59 0 48.0k Solar/Mcewan, Ian/TR 9780307739537 3/11 Anchor $15.95 42.3k 59.1k 37.4k 37 58 35.4k Solar (Ebk)/Mcewan, Ian/EL 9780385533423 3/10 Anchor $11.99 0 22.9k 22.9k 0 27 22.8k Rights Territories: Audio: British: Restriction: US Only Book Club: Translation: Reprint: 1st Serial: Special Markets: Agency: Agent: Return indicator: Full copies only SPAN: Fall 2016 DIVISION: Doubleday Publishing PRINTED: 4/11/2016 8:56 AM STATUS: Released.
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