"A magnificent novel" * Independent *
"A superb achievement" * New York Times *
"The best thing he has ever written" * Observer *
"He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel" * Independent on Sunday *
"McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece" * Evening Standard *
"A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama" -- John Updike
"Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement" * Sunday Times *
"Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties" * The Times *
"An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality." * Herald *
"Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete" * Scotsman *
"A complex, thought-provoking novel." -- Fanny Blake * Woman and Home *
"Smoulders with slow-burning menace" * The Times *