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ON CHESIL BEACH
By Ian McEwan
John Cape London, 166 pages
Available at Powerbooks

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Jonathan Cape, 280 pages
Available at Powerbooks

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By Ian McEwan
Vintage UK, 372 pages
Available at National Book Store


"How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God?"

This is the dilemma facing Briony Tallis, the 13-year-old girl at the center of Atonement, Ian McEwanís latest and most ambitious novel.
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John Cape London, 166 pages
Available at Powerbooks

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Vintage UK, 372 pages
Available at National Book Store


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This is the dilemma facing Briony Tallis, the 13-year-old girl at the center of Atonement, Ian McEwanís latest and most ambitious novel.
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