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Lessons by Ian McEwan

March 22, 2026 by Zirza 1 Comment

As in, I’m finding it hard to express my feelings about this book. Not because I enjoyed it (I didn’t). Eloquence is overrated anyway.  The plot: a young boy in 1960s England is sent to boarding school, is molested by his (female) piano teacher, then has a relationship with her that lasts for years and hampers him for the rest of his life. We watch Roland Baines grow up, faff around, have a child, fall in and out of love. The red thread in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: boomers, Brexit, ian mcewan, Literature, Postwar Britain

Zirza's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: boomers, Brexit, ian mcewan, Literature, Postwar Britain ·
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