Solar

<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of <i>Atonement</i>, this “totally gripping and entirely hilarious” novel (<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>) traces the arc of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist’s ambitions and self-deception. <br></b><br>Dr. Michael Beard’s best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and halfheartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. Meanwhile, Michael’s fifth marriage is floundering due to his incessant womanizing. When his professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Michael to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and save the world from environmental disaster. But can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity?<br><br><b>Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, <i>Lessons</i>, coming in September!</b>