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Roger Allam
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Ian McEwan
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Ian McEwan
Universally acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest novelists, Ian McEwan is a Booker Prize-winning, best-selling literary master. He displays a fresh facet of his considerable talent in Solar, a satirical novel rife with blistering humor.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Beard is fast approaching 60, a mere shell of the academic titan he once was. While his fifth marriage falls apart, Michael suddenly finds himself with an unexpected opportunity to reinvigorate his career and possibly save humankind from the growing threat of global warming.
This audio includes an exclusive interview with the author.
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Some people deserve everything horrible that happens to them. Michael Beard is definitely one of those people. Booker prize-winner Ian McEwan (Atonement, Saturday) has created the self-centered, loathsome character of Beard for his latest satirical novel, Solar, but you don’t really get the full effect of Beard’s appalling narcissism unless you listen to Roger Allam’s performance of the book.
Allam has one of those precise, slightly-condescending, upper-crust English accents that perfectly suits Beard’s character. You can clearly imagine Beard looking down his nose at everything the mere mortals around him say or do as Allam intones McEwan’s carefully chosen words. An award-winning stage actor who has also appeared in dozens of movies (The Queen, V for Vendetta) and television dramas, Allam specializes in portraying authoritative men with commanding stage presences. And like any great actor, Allam also manages to make us feel sympathetic for Beard a pompous, adulterous, Nobel Prize-winning physicist despite his monumental character flaws.
Without giving too much of the book’s ingenious plot away, Solar revolves around Beard’s marital troubles and his quest to discover an alternative energy source. Sounds noble on the surface, but Beard only really seems to care about finding a fashionable subject to research…while receiving a lucrative, six-figure paycheck for doing as little work as possible. The book may seem to jump at times from one location to the next, but McEwan weaves all the plotlines together in the final, brilliant chapter, set in the New Mexico desert. In the end, Beard and patient listeners are justly rewarded by McEwan in his latest, most amusing novel to date. Ken Ross
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More sad than funny
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As both a solar astronomer and someone who works in the solar industry, I really enjoyed the book.
One caution. The humor is dry and not for everyone.
Laugh out loud funny...and sometimes not.
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Often hilarious
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Solar - or the dark side of science
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I was not bored for one moment. This is a 'laugh out loud' hilarious, wonderfully witty book! It's full of surprise twists and turns that will keep you wondering what could possibly happen next to this character.
The only thing wrong with the book is that it has to end.
A book of rare humor and intellegence
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Loved It! 5 Stars Plus!
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If you could sum up Solar in three words, what would they be?
Science, Patents, TechnologyWhat was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Made everything clear. Be sure to listen to interview with the author.What about Roger Allam and Ian McEwan ’s performance did you like?
Roger Allam is a native Britian. In the story he throws on an American accent for some characters. The result is interesting and laudible.If you could rename Solar, what would you call it?
SquanderAny additional comments?
This story depicts how a technological solution to climate change is squandered by the character flaws of its inventor, the greed of others, and the unfortunate consequences of patent law. This story reminds me of the patent wars between the big tech companies.+1 overall in light of tech company patent wars
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What did you love best about Solar?
Excellent scientific documentation. Good plot, with real-like characters. History has value as a current issue.What was one of the most memorable moments of Solar?
When the main character, Michael Beard, decides to change the situation of the accidental death of his wife's lover into a murder committed by his other wife's lover.What about Roger Allam and Ian McEwan ’s performance did you like?
Excellent!If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Nobel prize winers are only too human...Any additional comments?
It reminded me of two other books: "The Prize", by Irving Wallace", and "Cantor's dilemma", by Carl Djerassi. Both of them, excellent and also highly recommendableScience, sex, lies, fame, humanity.
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An oddly compelling fable with a repellent hero
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Brilliant, funny, approachable.
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