Ian McEwan’s new novel explores resentment and vengeance in a fractured world
- Written by Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne

Ian McEwan’s new novel, his 18th in a long career of writing books that play with startling premises, bold ideas and big dilemmas, begins as a work of futurist fiction set in 2119. It’s a time when the climate catastrophe has delivered devastating floods to the world and nuclear conflicts have upended world...
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