I am just now in a Mc Ewan phase. I am reading now the fourth novel by him. Although an 20-21C author I think he still has much of an 19 C author in his themes, his moral attitude, a his very British contained tenderness and his sense of humour.
A minor issue which I already discussed with kev regarding the access to the University of Cambridge. I again was a bit chocked on learning that a character of one the novels had a kind of "reservation" there. Here we have to pass a collective exam to have access to the good universities of the country. Say, be one of the 50, 70 or 100, depending on the course, to get into the university. Later on, racial quotes were introduced to level somehow the privileges of better schooling.