In the Shell is a story of betrayal and murder, masterfully told by one of the world's most famous writers. Trudy betrayed her husband John - she traded the sophisticated intellectual poet for his down-to-earth brother Claude. But adultery is not her worst act. . Together with Claude, Trudy is going to poison her husband. Does this remind you of anything? Trudy - Gertrude, Claude - Claudius... Well, of course, McEwan wrote a novel that primarily evokes allusions to Hamlet. But the modern classic of British literature has gone further than his great predecessor. The narrator is the unborn child of John and Trudy, an embryo nine months from conception. He watches what is happening and knows that he will come into this world as an orphan and that his mother and uncle are murderers.