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Book Review of On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


A beautifully-written, fully realized novel with a secret. In our day, when everyone talks about their sex life, it may be difficult to comprehend the sexual ignorance and lack of communications between them of the two main characters. Yet the characters ring true and their flaws tragic.