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...think [the protagonist] is bound to wish that it had never happened. The occupation has been a disaster from the very first day, and I speak as one who really wanted it once it had started--really wanted it to succeed. So I guess it would be a darker novel, because I don't see much virtue in staying or in running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ian McEwan | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...Laughs.] I guess the sum of all my novels would be the answer to that question. It is pretty hard to do the human condition in a couple of lines, but I think there is room for optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ian McEwan | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...reading a New York Times article that said no one has written a successful novel about 9/11. As a macabre writer, would you consider writing a novel based on the Bush administration and the war in Iraq? -David Shaka Barnwell, Kingston, JamaicaWell I guess Saturday touched on those things. I wouldn't rule it out that is all I can say. I mean it has changed so much of how we think about the world. It is bound to influence something I do in the future, but whether it would be specifically about the Bush Administration, I couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ian McEwan | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...late teens. I am reading a book about the peculiarly English nature of evolutionary theory. I just read a long story by Edgar Allen Poe. A novel by a friend of mine called John Preston called, The Dig, which I think is very fine. I am fairly omnivorous I guess. Hmm? what is by the bedside? I am re-reading Christopher Hitchen's book on God, because I am going to be on stage talking to him about it. I have been reading some history too. I think all reading eventually it does have an effect, but not a direct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ian McEwan | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...perhaps teachers should spend less time being worried about the honesty of their students and spend more time upholding the job description outlined in their contracts: teaching. In the end, cheaters will realize that their methods have not been beneficial. How do I know this? Take a wild guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jun. 18, 2007 | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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