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|pages=176
|publisher=Jonathan Cape
|date=23 Mar March 2007
|isbn=978-0224081184
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''On Chesil Beach'' is the story of Edward and Florence, and their wedding night in a hotel near ''Chesil Beach with its infinite shingle''. It's July 1962 and the world (and more importantly, Britain) is very different from now: the couple are both virgins, sex is not spoken of, individual anxieties or desires are not shared even between those just about to consummate their union, the residents' lounge of the hotel is still inhabited by retired colonels grumpy over the handover of the Empire and overcooked beef and potatoes are served by sulky waiters as the meal for the newly weds.
Highly recommended.
We also have a review of [[Nutshell by Ian McEwan]].
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