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What We Can Know

by Ian McEwan

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Front Row, BBC Radio 4 · September 16, 2025

Review Show: Ian McEwan's new novel and Small Acts of Love at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre

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An epic novel set in a largely underwater Britain a hundred years in the future, touching on themes including climate change and great poetry, from Booker Prize winning author Ian McEwan.

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