Word: millpond
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...conventions of the genre: Henry will perpetrate a few grisly crimes; Mark will bang his head against the wall of parental disbelief; the stakes will keep rising until the final cliffhanging confrontation (again, literally). Far from defying Hollywood cliches, McEwan endorses them wholeheartedly. Flushed children skating merrily on the millpond when all of a sudden...; better yet: a clifftop tussle with the sea roaring on the ragged rocks below, and to top it all: Sophie's choice--a child dangling from either arm, and not enough strength to hold them both...