Solar
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"Solar" is a satirical novel by Ian McEwan that follows a disgraced Nobel Prize–winning physicist entangled in personal failings and global climate change schemes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solar canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian McEwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Sweet Tooth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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literary fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize longlist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780224090490 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approx. 285 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark comedy
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satire of academia ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Michael Beard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
comic treatment of climate change
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portrayal of a flawed scientist ⓘ |
| partOf | Ian McEwan bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | On Chesil Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAward | Nobel Prize in Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | physicist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
renewable energy
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scientific research ⓘ solar power ⓘ |
| theme |
climate change
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environmentalism ⓘ global warming ⓘ infidelity ⓘ personal failure ⓘ scientific ethics ⓘ self-deception ⓘ |
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