The Tyrant's Novel Ian McEwan After the bounding brilliance of

After the bounding brilliance of mole clowns

Minutes later

during WWII

is less surprised but no less alarmed

and the repercussions of history and faith

The Tyrant's Novel Ian McEwan After the bounding brilliance ofImagine a Middle Eastern country that was once a friend of the West becoming an enemy, its people starving and savagely repressed by a tyrant known as Great Uncle. As a celebrated writer and war hero, the man who here relates his story has a better life than most, until he is made an offer he can't refuse. He must write a great novel, telling of the suffering of his people under the enemy's cruel economic sanctions and portraying Great Uncle as their