Atonement is a magnificent novel, shaped and paced with awesome confidence and eloquence", Independent ."Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book- A superb achievement which combines a magnificent display of the powers of the imagination with a probing exploration of them", Sunday Times ."He is this country"s unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel", Independent on Sunday --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.