Solar
Ian McEwan
Rated: 3.26 of 5 stars
3.26
· 38 ratings · 354 pages · Published: 18 Mar 2010
When Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster.
Ranging from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of New Mexico, SOLAR is a serious and darkly satirical novel, showing human frailty struggling with the most pressing and complex problem of our time.A story of one man's greed and self-deception, it is a profound and stylish new work from one of the world's great writers.
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- climate change/pollution 3
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- technology 2
- drama 2
- comedy 2
- realistic 2
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