Vintage paperback edition of this novel universally acclaimed as Ian McEwan's finest work to date - telling a beatifully evoked tale of love, betrayal, and ultimately, the eponymous atonement. "He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel" "Independent On Sunday". "A superb achievement which combines a magnificent display of the powers of the imagination with a probing explanation of them" "Sunday Times"