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Oct 2022
42m 17s

On Ian McEwan

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
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Daniel Soar talks to Tom about Ian McEwan’s latest novel, Lessons – how it fits with his earlier fiction, the relationship between world events and private histories, and McEwan’s addiction to ‘moments of maximum thrill’.

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