ISBN: 9780307399267

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties bald, overweight, unprepossessing - a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best … Plus…

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties bald, overweight, unprepossessing - a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. An inveterate philanderer, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard`s professional and personal worlds are entwined in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself, a chance for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. With a global scope, Solar is a comedy dealing directly with the crises of today. A story of one man`s ambitions and self-deceptions, it is a startling and stylish new departure in the work of one of the world`s great writers. From the Hardcover edition. Solar: An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties bald, overweight, unprepossessing - a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. An inveterate philanderer, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard`s professional and personal worlds are entwined in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself, a chance for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. With a global scope, Solar is a comedy dealing directly with the crises of today. A story of one man`s ambitions and self-deceptions, it is a startling and stylish new departure in the work of one of the world`s great writers. From the Hardcover edition., Knopf Canada<

ISBN: 9780307399267

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change.Michael Beard is in his late fifties bald, overweight, unprepossessing a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best wor… Plus…

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change.Michael Beard is in his late fifties bald, overweight, unprepossessing a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. An inveterate philanderer, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her.When Beard`s professional and personal worlds are entwined in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself, a chance for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster.With a global scope, Solar is a comedy dealing directly with the crises of today. A story of one man`s ambitions and self-deceptions, it is a startling and stylish new departure in the work of one of the world`s great writers.From the Hardcover edition. Solar: An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change.Michael Beard is in his late fifties bald, overweight, unprepossessing a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. An inveterate philanderer, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her.When Beard`s professional and personal worlds are entwined in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself, a chance for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster.With a global scope, Solar is a comedy dealing directly with the crises of today. A story of one man`s ambitions and self-deceptions, it is a startling and stylish new departure in the work of one of the world`s great writers.From the Hardcover edition., Knopf Canada<

2010, ISBN: 9780307399267

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties; bald, overweight, unprepossessing a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best wor… Plus…

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties; bald, overweight, unprepossessing a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling. An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties; bald, overweight, unprepossessing a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. An inveterate philanderer, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional and personal worlds are entwined in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself, a chance for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. With a global scope, Solar is a comedy dealing directly with the crises of today. A story of one man's ambitions and self-deceptions, it is a startling and stylish new departure in the work of one of the world's great writers. From the Hardcover edition. eBooks, Fiction~~Modern & Contemporary, Solar~~EBook~~9780307399267~~Ian McEwan, , Solar, Ian McEwan, 9780307399267, Knopf Canada, 03/09/2010, , , , Knopf Canada<

ISBN: 9780307399267

An engrossing satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties; bald overweight unprepossessing - a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best w… Plus…

An engrossing satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Michael Beard is in his late fifties; bald overweight unprepossessing - a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose 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 half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. An inveterate philanderer Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional and personal worlds are entwined in a freak accident an opportunity presents itself a chance for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess reinvigorate his career and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. With a global scope Solar is a comedy dealing directly with the crises of today. A story of one man's ambitions and self-deceptions it is a startling and stylish new departure in the work of one of the world's great writers. From the Hardcover edition. eBook<

ISBN: 9780307399267

An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change. Solar: An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change., Knopf Canada