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Title: Another Win From Ian McEwan
Review: This is a good novel. Some UK reviewers have called it an epic and a masterpiece. It is neither. Although long for a McEwan novel, 351 pages does not an epic make. And McEwan's loyal readers (including this one) are still waiting for the masterpiece he will one day, no doubt, achieve. "Atonement" works on many levels: Here we have the annoying British class system, a stunning depiction of the BEF's retreat to Dunkirk and images of London during the Blitz. The stitching that holds it all together is betrayal and the quest for atonement thereafter. This novel should be read.
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