Ian McEwan Is a Badass

The ability to write brilliantly while experiencing deep emotional turmoil is something I leave to the true artists. On September 15, 2001, the Guardian UK published Ian McEwan's response to the New York and DC attacks, which for my money was the best single piece of writing having to do with 9/11. Read it again, and experience the chills as if for the first time.

He's done it again, this time in response to the attacks in London yesterday. Let me reiterate: He wrote it yesterday while still processing the attacks and experiencing their aftermath.

I'll say no more. Just read.