profile ian mcewan.

MCEWAN, Ian, 1942-; ENGLISH novelists; SATURDAY (Book); SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; LONDON Terrorist Bombings, London, England, 2005; ENGLISH authors; CRISES; TERRORISM; TERRORISTS

Profiles British author Ian McEwan. McEwan's responses to 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks and to the London bombings; Emergence of McEwan as a national novelist; Role of McEwan in bringing news and speaking to and for the nation at times of crisis and shock; How McEwan has come to occupy such an exalted position of public influence; Biographical and career details; Observation that McEwan shows little willingness to retreat from the defining issues of his time; Significance of his book "Saturday," McEwan's fictional response to the attacks of 11 September 2001.