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Article: Wedding night jitters ; FICTION ++ On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan CAPE [pound]12.99
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Not too long ago a literary critic was able to describe Ian
McEwan as "a marvellously macabre fictionalist". There was a sense
that McEwan inhabited something of a niche, in which one often
shocking event was examined; it usually involved people at odds with
the world in a number of ways, and invariably had seismic
consequences. Then came the more expansive phase, including Enduring
Love, Atonement and Saturday. Elements of the forensic McEwan were
visible, but he had embraced character and left behind him
existential angst. In the process he was acknowledged as the Crown
Prince of English fiction. Critics acclaimed him, the public loved
him.
His short new novel - a scant 166 pages - is ...