UK author McEwan denies "Atonement" copy claim (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - British novelist Ian McEwan on Monday denied claims that he copied the work of another author when writing his acclaimed bestseller "Atonement." The Mail on Sunday reported that Lucilla Andrews had been planning to draw attention to the similarities between her autobiography "No Time For Romance" and sections of "Atonement" at an awards ceremony. But the elderly writer fell ill and died last month aged 86. Her former agent Vanessa Holt said that Andrews, who made a living from ...