Ian McEwan's beautiful novel comes alive on-screen in a sensitive, insightful adaptation.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 7, 2007
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Two virgins face down fear and disgust on their wedding night in Ian McEwan's slender new novel.
By Ed Park
June 5, 2007
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The author of "Saturday" discusses writing after 9/11, the burden of being interesting, and why he's still ambivalent about the Iraq war.
By Laura Miller
April 9, 2005
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The story of a middle-aged man seeking his moral compass in the post-9/11 world, isn't about fear or dread but the attainment of joy.
By Allen Barra
March 20, 2005
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This peculiar film about a guy stalked by another guy asks that age-old question: Are psychotics who need people the luckiest people in the world?
By Charles Taylor
October 28, 2004
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Alas, now even the great Ian McEwan has succumbed to the dreary trend of writers writing novels about writers writing novels.
By Helen Macleod
April 3, 2002
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The author of "Amsterdam" explores the devastating consequences of a young girl's lie.
By Laura Miller
March 21, 2002
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The novelist puts one over on a few American critics, too.
By Laura Miller
September 21, 1999
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Why should Internet millionaires date gold-diggers? Plus: The Irish still suffer; Horowitz is no conservative!
Letters to the Editor
September 7, 1999
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The author of "Black Dogs" and "Enduring Love" picks five favorite novels about work.
By Ian McEwan
August 30, 1999
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The editor of the Threepenny Review selects her five favorite novels about childhood.
By Wendy Lesser
August 23, 1999
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Craig Seligman
reviews 'Amsterdam' by Ian McEwan
By Craig Seligman
December 9, 1998
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Snide critics, side bets, broadcasts of unphotogenic writers hacking away at duck -- the Booker Prize ceremony may not be the Oscars, but it's as British as all get-out.
By Sylvia Brownrigg
October 29, 1998
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Dwight Garner talks to Ian McEwan, the black magician of contemporary fiction, about mortality, gossip and his arresting new novel, 'Enduring Love.'
By Dwight Garner
March 31, 1998