The Comfort of Strangers

This article is about the novel. For the film adaptation, see The Comfort of Strangers (film).

The Comfort of Strangers
First edition (publ. Jonathan Cape)
Cover art: Turner, Grand Canal Venice After Sunset, 1839
AuthorIan McEwan
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
June 1, 1981
ISBN0679749845

The Comfort of Strangers is a 1981 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is his second novel, and is set in an unnamed city (though the detailed description strongly suggests Venice). Harold Pinter adapted it as a screenplay for a film directed by Paul Schrader in 1990 (The Comfort of Strangers), which starred Rupert Everett, Christopher Walken, Helen Mirren and Natasha Richardson. The film is set in Venice.[1]

  1. ^ Canby, Vincent (29 March 1991). "Review/Film; A Grand Guignol Along Venice's Grand Canal". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.