Brandon R. (b0) reviewed on 7/14/2010 + 6 more book reviews

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Contrived and highly overrated. I'm not sure why McEwan is so obsessed with upper class British families, but it hardly a subject I can relate to, or one that wasn't already covered extensively by the past, oh, two hundred years of British literature. Set against the background of an ambiguous terrorist attack, a genetically inferior thug invades the home of a brilliant brain surgeon. When the thug is subsequently shot in the head the narrator selflessly saves his life. The message here: The social elite will always remain unscathed by the perpetual violence in the world. I cried crocodile tears.

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