Impressive to behold – but a virtuous pain to read

Just one now and then, a review appears which takes a step back from the book, film or play under consideration and  makes a wider, more significant point.   A case in point is Walter Kirn’s recent review in the New York Times of Ian McEwan’s new novel Solar – a book so good, Kirn’s… Continue reading Impressive to behold – but a virtuous pain to read