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 | Atonement | A young girl lies about who she saw seeing rape her cousin and as a result her sister's lover gets prosecuted and jailed. Then turns into a WW2 story as the different characters involved play their parts in that. The girl is a novelist and there's some stuff about the meaning of stories etc too... Categories: non-speculative, historical |
| by Ian McEwan | ||
| Score: 8.5 | ||
| Published: 2001 | ||
| Read: February 11th 2002 |
Comments
John said
Excellent! Runner up for the 2001 Booker prize, although I enjoyed it more than the Peter Carey which won. Pressie from Helen again, who also read and enjoyed it.