Second Reading
Bad enough that there are more good books out there than you can possibly read, but what about your favorite books calling from the shelves, demanding a second look? Ian McEwan’s Atonement is still astonishing. [We have impossibly high expectations for the film directed by Joe Wright (the 2005 Pride and Prejudice) from a screenplay by Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons), starring P&P’s Keira Knightley, James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland), and Vanessa Redgrave.]