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Also by Ian McEwan:

What We Can Know, October 2025
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The Children Act, September 2014
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Sweet Tooth, November 2012
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Solar, April 2010
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Atonement, December 2007
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Saturday, April 2006
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Saturday, March 2005
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Atonement, March 2003
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SOLAR
By: Ian McEwan

Nan A. Talese
April 2010
On Sale: March 30, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 0385533411
EAN: 9780385533416
Hardcover
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Fiction

Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. While he coasts along in his professional life, Michael’s personal life is another matter entirely. His fifth marriage is crumbling under the weight of his infidelities. But this time the tables are turned: His wife is having an affair, and Michael realizes he is still in love with her.

When Michael’s personal and professional lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. Can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity?

A complex novel that brilliantly traces the arc of one man’s ambitions and self-deceptions, Solar is a startling, witty, and stylish new work from one of the world’s great writers.

Media Buzz

Charlie Rose - April 26, 2010
Tavis Smiley - April 12, 2010
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - April 8, 2010
Morning Edition - April 2, 2010
All Things Considered - March 30, 2010