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McEwan

British  
/ məˈkjuːən /

noun

  1. Ian ( Russell ). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)

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Picked by Granta in 1983 as one of Britain's top 20 young novelists, he stares out of the famous publicity photo alongside Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Rose Tremain, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, among others.

From BBC

He is still good friends with McEwan, who rings him while we're filming in his study.

From BBC

Film and television adaptations of Christie’s iconic sleuths Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple abound, but these two ITV series, which star, respectively, David Suchet and Geraldine McEwan and then Julia McKenzie, are the most comprehensive, spiritually faithful and, quite frankly, best.

From Los Angeles Times

Much of the speculation about the poem’s whereabouts centers on a dinner party that allows McEwan to flash his tail feathers in describing a late-capitalist tableau of quail and ceps, anchovies and red wine, high-minded conversation and low lamplight.

From Los Angeles Times

Supt Joanne McEwan of Police Scotland describes the tactic as preventative, intelligence-led and "fair, proportionate and legal."

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