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Ian McEwan is a writer of tremendous talent, and this book is further evidence. Highly recommended.

I listened to this one, read by the author, on Audio CD. It is a slim novel, the story of two virgins and a marriage destined for failure. Set in the early 1960's, before the era of "free love", it is heartbreakingly sad that the two people (who really loved each other) could not even talk about their sexual compatibility. Highly recommend.

A beautifully-written, fully realized novel with a secret. In our day, when everyone talks about their sex life, it may be difficult to comprehend the sexual ignorance and lack of communications between them of the two main characters. Yet the characters ring true and their flaws tragic.

McEwan is an artist! This is a very subtle picture of a different time when marriage was loaded with so much baggage it's a wonder anyone tried it. This story reminds the reader of the importance of communication between human beings, especially wife and husband. You ache for these characters at the same time you want to shake some of them!