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I LOVED Saturday. Which Ian McEwan should I read next?

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franch · 16/01/2009 11:48

Am slightly resisting Atonement because I never get on well with bestsellers (expectations too high probably)

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noonki · 16/01/2009 12:09

puddydetox - my dad met ian mccean once and he said he wouldnt have written a child in time after having kids

Bink · 16/01/2009 12:08

I was going to say Last Orders, and then I thought again ... anyway, I do actually think that if you like Ian McEwan you might like Graham Swift even more.

Maybe Iain Banks too.

To answer your ACTUAL question, albeit tangentially, Ian McEwan wrote the screenplay for The Ploughman's Lunch (remember that? icon of the mid-80s) and I was just the other day thinking I should watch that again.

Baconsarnie · 16/01/2009 12:05

Chesil Beach is great, and not that long! Atonement my favourite though.

funnypeculiar · 16/01/2009 11:58

Enduring Love
Cement Garden (personal favorite)
A Child in Time
Chesil Beach
His short stories for kids (The Daydreamer?) are good too

puppydetox · 16/01/2009 11:55

i read a child in time before i had kids, i think i might find it unbearable now.

enduring love's good

mumblechum · 16/01/2009 11:50

A lot of his early stuff is v v good.

I'd recommend A Child in Time, The Cement Garden, The comfort of Strangers.

I did enjoy Atonement.

Come to think of it, also try Enduring Love.

The only one I didn't really like was Black Dogs.

mrsmaidamess · 16/01/2009 11:49

Did he write Enduring Love? If so, its a great read.