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Hard going, can't relate, but... the writer McEwan certainly knows how to play with words, turn mundanity into dance.

This is Swiftian satire. I wonder how many people pick up on the subtexts, the ironies, the sardonic turns of phrase, and realize they & their world are being dissed?

Worse than Updike but similar, self-indulgent mirror of the characters portrayed.

Love points made but tone of voice is cloying.