Solar Av Ian Mcewan

<p><i><b>''Beard sank into a gloom of inattention, not because the planet was in peril - that moronic word again - but because someone was telling him it was with such enthusiasm''</b></i><br><br>Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. He now spends his days speaking for enormous fees and half-heartedly heading a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time, she''s having the affair.<br><br>When Beard''s professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity arises for Beard to simultaneously save his marriage and the world from environmental disaster.<br><br>''Savagely funny... Enormously entertaining'' <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><br>''A satirical masterpiece...it will come to be regarded as a classic'' <b><i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br>''A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet'' <i><b>Financial Times</b></i><br><br><b>VIN