Author Ian McEwan

Michael Krasny

Apr 14, 2010 at

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Famed British novelist Ian McEwan joins Michael Krasny to discuss his new book “Solar,” a comical fiction about climate change. After protagonist Michael Beard’s fifth marriage goes to shambles, he devotes his life to trying to solve global warming.

More: About Ian McEwan and “Solar” – at IanMcEwan.com

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Ian McEwan, novelist and author of "Solar"

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