The Short Version: Florence and Edward have just been married.  It’s 1962 and England.  They arrive on the Dorset coast for their honeymoon with the weight of expectations pressing down on both of them – and the night does not go well, sending ripples through the rest of their lives. The Review: I feel like McEwan wrote this book (which I’d argue is actually a novella gussied up as a novel – large margins to bump the page count over […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Fiction, Ian McEwan, Literature, On Chesil Beach