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I also adore McEwan and read most of his books. Reading this made me want to read some of them again. I noticed you gave the same resume for both Children in Time and The Children Act. The Children Act has nothing to do with child abduction though, it is more a study of religions and how far ancestral beliefs can affect our modern lives. The movie is fantastic too. I highly recommend enduring love if you didn't read it yet. Enduring love on the screen features the magnificent Samantha Morton (who also released a superb trip-hop-like album last year) . The Comfort of Strangers has Christopher Walken playing one of his best roles too. I think the Comfort of Strangers is my personal favorite among McEwan's novels, the double sense of the title and the feeling of walking through this town and getting lost in it really moved me.

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