apparently author ian mcewan doesnt seem like a person one should ask for help with homework the man booker prizewinning british author famous for his novels atonement and nut shell said that he helped a certain student his son to be precise to do a critical analysis of his acclaimed novel enduring love reported the daily mail the analysis was to be done for his son gregs alevel high school essay mcewan said compelled to read his dads book imagine poor guy i confess i did give him a tutorial and told him what he should consider i didnt read his essay but it turned out his teacher disagreed fundamentally with what he said the author added i think he ended up with a cmcewan agreed that the experience indeed left him a little dubious about school assigning his books but he also said that it hasnt curbed his enthusiasm for education in general the author said this in a context to promote the the film adaptation of his novel on chesil beach which is scheduled for release on may 18 the movie stars saoirse ronan billy howle and emma watson