Claire Lowdon

Ian McEwan’s capacity for reinvention is astonishing

In his mid-seventies, he has achieved a majestic literary feat in Lessons, by far his longest and most autobiographical novel to date

Ian McEwan breaks from type and goes long distance in a work of undeniable majesty. [Bastian Schweitzer © Diogenes Verlag]
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    Ian McEwan

    Jonathan Cape, pp. 496, £20

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