An Evening with Ian McEwan

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An Evening with Ian McEwan

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78 minutes

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Apr 12, 2010

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In his new novel Solar, the best-selling author of Atonement, explores the quest of one overweight and philandering Nobel prize-winning physicist to save the world from environmental disaster.

Released:

Apr 12, 2010

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An Evening with Ian McEwan

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