Ian McEwan

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Also Known As	Ian Russell McEwan
Born	June 21, 1948 (age 76) • Aldershot • England
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (1998) • Costa Book Awards (1987)
Notable Works	“Amsterdam” • “Atonement” • “Black Dogs” • “First Love, Last Rites” • “In Between the Sheets” • “Lessons” • “Machines Like Me” • “Nutshell” • “On Chesil Beach” • “Saturday” • “Sweet Tooth” • “The Cement Garden” • “The Child in Time” • “The Children Act” • “The Cockroach” • “The Comfort of Strangers” • “The Daydreamer” • “The Good Son” • “The Innocent” • “The Ploughman’s Lunch”

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