
Ian McEwan
Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
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The World Is Teetering on the Edge of a Nuclear War
Roland has been in the dormitory at nights, n those usual of early teen aged boy discussions. He is aware that there is like a mountain range lying before them of their first sexual experience. So when the cuban missile crisis comes along, roland thinks, my god, it's the world's going to end, and i will not have had it. Andhe remembers the piano teacher cycles to his house, and it's as if she's been waiting for him previous three years. And they begin an affair. Though it doesn't necessarily ruin his life, it diverts it in profound ways. But he can never find again that extraordinary intensity. Or what if you die before
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