Ian McEwan has recently adapted his novel On Chesil Beach for a film — his first script David Levenson/Getty ImagesThe novelist Ian McEwan has said that he feels dubious about schools including his work in the curriculum after he helped his son to write an essay about one of his own books and it received a grade C.McEwan, who has been listed among the The Times’s 50 greatest British writers since 1945, remains unconvinced about the purpose of asking pupils to study his novels. “I always feel a little dubious about people being made to read my books,” he told Event magazine as he recalled his youngest son Greg being told to analyse his 1997 novel Enduring Love for homework during his A levels. “Compelled to read his dad’s book: imagine. I confess I did give him a tutorial and told…

Source: The Times May 06, 2018 23:03 UTC