by Ian McEwan
This was as expected in that he plays with the reader a little by asserting his authorial right to choose an ending and letting us know that he is doing it. He also plays with the Booker prize -from which he was noticeably absent this year! However, the story is about an ex MI5 agent who messed up and was sacked. We know this because the narrator tells us in the first chapter that this is what she did. It is a mark of McEwan's powers of storytelling that, knowing this, he holds the tension throughout the novel. Some lovely reflections on 70's britain to boot. 9/10
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