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Satire, slapstick and global warming? British author Ian McEwan sets his new comic novel in the realm of climate science.
Melting glaciers and sea-level rise are no laughing matter, but author Ian McEwan finds plenty of humor in the global effort to tackle climate change. Host Jeff Young speaks with McEwan about his new novel “Solar”, in which human nature is the biggest obstacle to saving the planet.