Solar Contributor(s): McEwan, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307739538 ISBN-13: 9780307739537 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011389233 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.33" W x 7.99" (0.59 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A best-selling work of wit from the Booker Prize-winning author, Solar brilliantly traces the arc of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist's ambitions and self-deception. Dr. Michael Beard's best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and halfheartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. Meanwhile, Michael's fifth marriage is floundering due to his incessant womanizing. When his professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Michael to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and save the world from environmental disaster. But can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity? |