| Authors: |
McEwan, Ian.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Middle-aged men -- Fiction.
Physicists -- Fiction.
Nobel Prize winners -- Fiction.
Marital conflict -- Fiction.
Global warming -- Prevention -- Fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2010. |
| Description: |
287 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780385533416 (alk. paper) 0385533411 (alk. paper) |
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| Tags |
1st priority, 4 sterren (standaard der letteren), fiction, funny, gelezen, lll, nytimes 2010, scientist |
| Rating: |
4 out of 5: They liked it |
| Community reviews |
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A very British sense of the ridiculous by Andrew Fitch |
| A very British sense of the ridiculous, maybe one that doesn't export that well. You try hard to feel some sympathy for Michael, but then he lets you down again. Is this a sidesweep at scientists in general, Mr McEwan, or was it one overweight example who caught your imagination? |
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| Summary: |
When Nobel prize-winning physicist Michael Beard's personal and professional lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. |