Ian McEwan on Speculative Fiction, Lost Poems and What We Can Know
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You're listening to Intelligence Squared. I'm Alex Preston. I'm here today with the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. In McEwen. Ian's work includes Atonement,
Enduring love lessons. and on Chasel Beach. He's the winner of numerous prizes, including The Booker, the Sunset Mourn Prize, The Whitbread Book of the Year, and Today, we'll be discussing Ian's latest book. What we can know.
A work of speculative fiction set between twenty one nineteen and the near present. It's a book about memory. Love. Betrayal.
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