

Ian McEwan: Okay Boomer!
Given that Ian McEwan is my favorite novelist, I usually want to extend the reading experience once I’m finished with a quick look at the big paper reviews. With Lessons published this past Fall, as usual the New York Times, The Washington Post and the Guardian gave the latest McEwan novel a lot of attention. I think my favorite is Beejay Silcox essay in The Guardian, subtitled, “Life and times epic of a feckless boomer.” Even so, I found that none of these picked up on what