When I read the phrases 'save the world from environmental disaster’ and 'the most pressing and complex problem of our time’ on the back cover, I feared greatly for anyones reading pleasure. Instead of a debate on climate change or an informative sermon on the dangers of global warming, McEwan’s secret weapon is humour in this eco-novel. The main character Michael Beard is a self-serving and unethical Nobel laureate physicist involved in a number of projects to create a source of power that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels.
Solar
Ian McEwan
New York : Anchor Books, 2011
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