Trailer: “The Children Act”
This book trailer was just released for Ian McEwan’s The Children Act (Nan A. Talese | ISBN 9780385539708 | September 9, 2014).
Last Friday, The Guardian published this piece by McEwan which really delves into the law vs. religious belief debate, and how it helped shape his new novel.
“Some years ago I found myself at dinner with a handful of judges – a bench is the collective noun,” he begins. “They were talking shop, and I was politely resisting the urge to take notes. …”
In addition to the trailer, if you missed this video of McEwan introducing The Children Act, I’ve included it here: