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Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in its list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".

McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981), his first two novels, earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the 1980s and early 1990s. His novel Enduring Love (1997) was adapted into an eponymous film. He won the Man Booker Prize with Amsterdam (1998). His following novel, Atonement (2001), garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. This was followed by Saturday (2005), On Chesil Beach (2007), Solar (2010), Sweet Tooth (2012), The Children Act (2014), Nutshell (2016), and Machines Like Me (2019). He was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 2011.

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Fiona Maye er en fremtrædende dommer ved den britiske High Court, hvor hun behandler sager vedrørende familieret. Hun er kendt for sin skarpe intelligens, præcision og indlevelsesevne. Men den faglige succes dækker over private sorger og ægteskabelige problemer. Det er en sorg for hende, at hun aldrig har fået børn, og nu truer en krise hendes ægteskab gennem tredive år. Samtidig står hun midt i en vigtig retssag: Af religiøse grunde nægter en køn syttenårig dreng ved navn Adam at tage imod en lægebehandling, der kan redde hans liv, og hans stærkt troende forældre støtter ham. Tiden er ved at løbe ud. Bør den sekulære domstol tilsidesætte dybfølte religiøse overbevisninger? Mens Fiona forsøger at finde frem til en afgørelse, besøger hun Adam på hospitalet – et møde, som vækker dybt begravede følelser i hende og hensætter drengen i et voldsomt sindsoprør. Hendes dom får skelsættende følger for dem begge to.  
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ISBN trykt bog9788702172294
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