How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of …

Ian Mcewan
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How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime.
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I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.' ✨ Ian McEwan, Ryan Roberts (2010). Conversations with Ian McEwan, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame. ✨ Christopher Hampton, Ian McEwan (2008). Atonement: The Shooting Script, Newmarket Press

How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime.

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