I remember once reading a letter to a newspaper in the which the writer complained that young people claimed that they had invented sex that year when, of course, he had invented it thirty years previously. McEwan makes two rather rash assumptions. Sadly, this one of those books where McEwan seems to have not been at his best. In any case, it probably does not matter, as McEwan wrote the book, not Henderson-Davis and there are many books with similar ideas but which turn out differently. I have no idea whether this is true or not, though it would not be the first time. Home » England » Ian McEwan » On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan: On Chesil BeachĪs with earlier books, McEwan was accused of plagiarism for this novel, specifically for having borrowed from Claire Henderson-Davis’ book After the Church.
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