Ian McEwan

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Author Helps Son With Essay About His Book, Gets a C+

Ian McEwan 'a little dubious' about his work being studied

(Newser) - A British teenager struggling with an essay on an Ian McEwan book didn't get a top grade even after getting help from his father—Ian McEwan. The award-winning British author says he feels "a little dubious" about his books being studied in school, especially after his youngest son...

Ian McEwan: I Sheltered Rushdie After 1989 Fatwa

Novelist reveals how he protected his friend

(Newser) - Twenty years after the Iranian leadership declared a death sentence on Salman Rushdie, fellow novelist Ian McEwan reveals that he sheltered the writer in a house in the English countryside. In a long profile of McEwan in the New Yorker, the novelist describes how the pair listened to news of...

Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder
Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder
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Dec 7, 2007 10:30 AM CST

Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder

Adaptation of McEwan novel brings its 'A' game

(Newser) - Adapting a brilliant, broodingly introspective novel into a movie is risky business, but critics say Atonement—based on Ian McEwan's chronicle of  the effects of a young girl's lie on an English family—gets it surprisingly right. "In the almost spookily capable hands of 34-year-old director Joe Wright, the...

Outsider Beats Big Names for Booker Prize

Irish author Anne Enright wins with bleak family tale

(Newser) - Chalk up one for the little guy (or girl): Relative newcomer Anne Enright won this year's coveted Man Booker prize for best novel, fending off big names like Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones. Prize chairman Sir Howard Davies blasted book reviewers at the event, saying they treat known authors with...

Booker Shortlist Mixes McEwan, New Names

New Zealander given top odds for leading literary gong

(Newser) - A diverse group of novels has been selected for the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English language. The six novels in the running cover wide terrain, from civil war in Papua New Guinea to environmental disaster in India to...

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