Nutshell

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Nutshell is a 2016 novel by Ian McEwan that retells Shakespeare’s Hamlet from the darkly comic perspective of an unborn child.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Ian McEwan ⓘ
basedOn Hamlet ⓘ
basedOnAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
centralTheme betrayal ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
murder ⓘ
character Claude ⓘ
linked to: Anthropic Claude

John Cairncross ⓘ
Trudy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy Machines Like Me ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9781910701264 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryAllusion Shakespearean tragedy ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeMode stream of consciousness ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator unborn child ⓘ
pageCount 208 ⓘ
plotElement conspiracy to murder the narrator's father ⓘ
precededBy The Children Act ⓘ
protagonistRelation unborn son of Trudy ⓘ
publicationYear 2016 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
publisherImprint Jonathan Cape (UK first edition) ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Cape
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary era ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
workOfAuthor Ian McEwan ⓘ

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Ian McEwan → notableWork → Nutshell ⓘ