Authorial+Background

Ian McEwan was the son of a Scots sergeant-major and grew up in a military background. //Atonement// shows an account of World War II and was published in 2001. The book won the W. H. Smith Literary Award and was made into a movie that came out in 2007. McEwan wrote several other books, including //The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Time, The Innocent, Child in Time, Black Dogs, Enduring Love// and many others.

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