NUTSHELL: IAM MC EWAN

An interesting but not wholly satisfying text from Mc Ewan.  Yes, it's a novel point of view, told from the point of view of a fetus, resting inside of it's mother, able, however, to hear all the complications and problems facing his parents, especially the father's infidelity.  Mc Ewan allows us into not only into the consciousness of the child, but explores the world it will inhabit, both it's wonderful advances, like vaccines and the Internet, but also it's problems, racism, terrorism, nuclear proliferation and global warning. This enables Mc Ewan to vent all of his views of the world, the unborn child to question whether it wants to be born or not.  You will have read to find out what it eventually decides. Mc Ewan is prolific, loves to delve into various genres but ATONEMENT remains my favorite.