Black Dogs：A Novel

Setinlate1980sEuropeatthetimeofthefalloftheBerlinWall,BlackDogsistheintimatestoryofthecrumblingofamarriage,aswitnessedbyanoutsider.Jeremyistheson-in-lawofBernardandJuneTremaine,whoseunionandestrangementbeganalmostsimultaneously.SeekingtocomprehendhowtheirdeeplovecouldbedefeatedbyideologicaldifferencesBernardandJunecannotreconcile,JeremyundertakeswritingJune'smemoirs,onlytobeledbackagainandagaintooneterrifyingencounerfortyyearsearlier--amomentthat,forJune,wasasdevastatingandirreversibleinitsconsequencesasthechangessweepingEuropeinJeremy'sowntime.Inafinelycrafted,compellingexaminationofevilandgrace,IanMcEwanweavesthesinisterrealityofciviliation'sdarkestmoods--itsblackdogs--withthetensionsthatbothcreateloveanddestroyit.