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  • December 2007
    • Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder

      Atonement Is a Sexy Spellbinder

      (Newser) - Adapting a brilliant, broodingly introspective novel into a movie is risky business, but critics say Atonement —based on Ian McEwan's chronicle of  the effects of a young girl's lie on an English family—gets it surprisingly right. "In the almost spookily capable hands of 34-year-old director Joe Wright, the film version of Atonement has achieved that to which every literary adaptation should aspire," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post. More »

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      movie   film   movie review   Ian McEwan

  • October 2007
    • Outsider Beats Big Names for Booker Prize

      Outsider Beats Big Names for Booker Prize

      (Newser) - Chalk up one for the little guy (or girl): Relative newcomer Anne Enright won this year's coveted Man Booker prize for best novel, fending off big names like Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones. Prize chairman Sir Howard Davies blasted book reviewers at the event, saying they treat known authors with "kid gloves" while ignoring fresh talent. More »

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      Booker Prize   Ian McEwan   Anne Enright   Lloyd Jones

  • September 2007
    • Booker Shortlist Mixes McEwan, New Names

      Booker Shortlist Mixes McEwan, New Names

      (Newser) - A diverse group of novels has been selected for the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English language. The six novels in the running cover wide terrain, from civil war in Papua New Guinea to environmental disaster in India to a disastrous wedding night in 1960s Britain, the Guardian reports. More »

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      literature   Booker Prize   Ian McEwan   Lloyd Jones

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