Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan‘s new novel is about young newlyweds who are so innocent and tongue-tied that they can’t get comfortable when it really matters – on their wedding night. Kurt talks to McEwan about On Chesil Beach, set in the early 1960s on the eve of the sexual revolution.
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