Lessons ian mcewan6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() What distinguishes the book from an ordinary coming-of-age story is the monstrous crime that the boy was a victim of at 14, a violation of his body and spirit that distorts, disfigures and discolors the rest of his life. It tells the story of a precocious boy (IQ, 137) who is sent off to an English boarding school, opts not to go to university, drifts for a decade, marries and divorces, raises a son alone, marries again (this time more successfully), dotes on children and grandchildren, and observes himself slowly, inexorably growing older even as all his friends and loved ones get sick and die. Ian McEwan was born in 1948, the same year as the hero/anti-hero of his astonishing new novel, “Lessons” (Knopf, 448 pp., ★★★★ out of 4 stars). Watch Video: Texas school district to review ban of Anne Frank novel, other books ![]()
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