Title : Solar - Ian McEwan - Book

Summary :

Michael Beard is well into his fifties. He's bald, plump, unattractive, and morally unimpressive. But he once won the Nobel Prize in Physics; since then, he's been resting on his laurels, endlessly retconning the same lectures, charging exorbitant fees. At the same time, he half-heartedly supports a government project on global warming. As for his private life, it also leaves something to be desired. An inveterate womanizer, Beard sees his fifth wife slip away from him. Just when he thought he no longer cared about her, he's consumed by jealousy. Soon, thanks to an accident, he thinks he's found a way to overcome his troubles, relaunch his career, while saving the planet from climate disaster. He's going to set off again around the world, starting with the North Pole... Through the misadventures of this narcissistic predator, incapable of restraint, Ian McEwan addresses the most current issues. And on these very serious subjects, he manages to make us laugh. This is perhaps the funniest, most intelligent, most mocking novel by this author, one of the greatest in England today.

• EAN: 9782070448319
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