Nutshell

by Ian McEwan
An unusual book. Therese Raquin told with humour by an unborn infant. This book totters along the edge of will it/won't it work from beginning to end. It is hilarious in places- this foetus must be the most knowledgable wine buff who has never been born-and dark in others but it works. By the end I was desperate to find out how it ends despite the narrator. Maybe not the best McEwan I have read but certainly the funniest and at the end of the day it was a great yarn. 8/10