The Cement Garden

First Father died, then Mother. Now the four children are left alone in a house that looks like a castle standed among grim high-rises. Free of supervision, free of restraint, they can do anything. As long as they keep the house's secret. In this masterpiece of psychological disquiet, McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgettin -- or denying.