On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan's new short book about one couple's wedding night, is getting plenty of attention these days: For one thing, this admiring review in The Economist. For another thing, McEwan was recently threatened with a fine of £2,000 if he didn't return a handful of pebbles to Chesil Beach, "a 22-mile natural wonder where storms grade the stones by size," on the Dorset coastline. McEwan had admitted the theft during a radio interview and was promptly excoriated by conservationists with nothing better to do. He has returned the stones.
Meanwhile, some people recognize that it's McEwan who's the national treasure. Matthew d'Ancona has a great profile of McEwan in the current (London) Spectator:
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