Ian McEwan won the Booker Prize in 1998 with Amsterdam, and with six other nominations, he’s in joint second place for number of Booker nominations. Nowadays, his position is that of a statesman of contemporary English literature and is very different from the reputation he acquired in the 1970s, as an enfant terrible. If you've only read his recent novels, you're missing out on some of the darkly glittering gems among his early work. He wasn't called Ian Macabre for nothing... Tap the link in our bio for the full article. #BookerPrizes #BookTok #bookrecommendations #MonthlySpotlight #IanMcEwan