Ian McEwan Changes End Of New Novel To Reflect Copenhagen Failure

First Posted: 5/5/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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The Guardian:

The novelist Ian McEwan changed the finished manuscript of his new book about a scientist working on a technology to address global warming to reflect the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, he said today.

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