I’m only a year behind on reading the 2007 Mann Booker short list books but I’ll get them read before the 2008 short list comes out, and if they’re as good as On Chesil Beach it will be an easy thing to do.
I generally dislike Ian McEwan. I didn’t love Atonement and I couldn’t get through the first chapter of Saturday. I only vaguely remember The Innocent so I probably didn’t love that one either. I dislike Ian McEwan so much that I chose On Chesil Beach as the first book from the short list just to get it over. I figured nothing else on the list would be drudgery to read. Ha.
On Chesil Beach… fantastic. Fan-Freaking-Tastic. I’d be happy to own this one… and read it again.