Name: Solar
Author: McEwan, Ian

Beschreibung

Solar

The engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel from Ian McEwan, finally out in paperback. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. When Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster. Ranging from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of New Mexico, SOLAR is a serious and darkly satirical novel from one of the world's great writers. von McEwan, Ian

Produktdetails

Einband:

Kartoniert

Seitenzahl:

390

Erschienen:

2011-03-01

Sprache:

Englisch

EAN:

9780099555346

ISBN:

0099555344

Verlag:

Random House UK Ltd

Gewicht:

274 g

Auflage:

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Über den Autor

McEwan, Ian

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.