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The Comfort of Strangers is the story of Mary and Colin, an English couple in Venice who, during a monotonous visit to Venice, meet Robert and Caroline, who offer their hospitality. Robert's brutal machismo, as well as Caroline's submission and her severe injuries always color this hospitality with uneasiness. Caroline and Robert's final bizarre act is to drug Mary and give Colin the choice to allow Robert to do anything to...

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Ian McEwan Biographies (2)

Ian (Russell) McEwan

3,911 words, approx. 14 pages

Ian McEwan is very much a product of the new British universities, those popularly known as "plate-glass universities" to distinguish them from the older "red-brick universities" at which writers such... Read more

Ian (Russell) McEwan

5,115 words, approx. 18 pages

Ian McEwan first came to public notice in 1975; he was immediately recognized as an important and new voice on the fictional scene. Along with Martin Amis and Julian Barnes, his contemporaries, he is ... Read more