Self said that he read the novel in two hours, while also looking after children and doing a spot of bank business I read it pretty quickly too, and I suggest that this is not only because of the book's slightness, but because of the compulsive nature of McEwan's prose: you just don't want to stop reading it, even when he's writing about musical composition, or the difficult characters and bad behaviour of 'creative' people. A more fitting award, we feel, is that of the modestly coveted Paperback of the Week slot.įor, slice him where you like, Ian McEwan is a damned good writer. Will Self was right, on that live TV commentary show on the Booker, to do his nut when this won the prize: it really is meant to go to novels, not five-finger exercises.
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