Atonement

Ian McEwan


This book is in 3 parts. It starts in a well-to-do household on a hot summer's day. This part went on too long. It had the William Trevor effect-fantastic, gorgeous prose which passes me by. Andrew found it suffocating. (Doreen thought this effect was deliberate).

The second part was set in France during the last war where dreadful things happen.

The third part is a high wire act containing a vibrant section about the girl from the first part who has become a nurse.
Andrew 20/1/02


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