Ian McEwan is one of Britain’s most established, and controversial, writers. This book introduces students to a range of critical approaches to McEwan’s fiction. Criticism is drawn from selections in academic essays and articles, and reviews in newspapers, journals, magazines and websites, with editorial comment providing context, drawing attention to key points and identifying differences in critical perspectives. The book features selections from published interviews with Ian McEwan and covers all of the writer’s novels to date, including his latest novel Saturday.