Thola izindawo lapho uMcEwan ayehlala khona eseyingane bese uzibala usebenzisa izinhlamvu.
Context:UMcEwan wazalelwa e-Aldershot, Hampshire, ngo-21 Juni 1948, indodana kaDavid McEwan noRose Lilian Violet (née Moore). Uyise wayengumuntu waseScotland osebenza kanzima owayesebenze kanzima ebuthweni waze wafinyelela isikhundla sokuba umphathi.  UMcEwan wachitha ingxenye enkulu yobuntwana bakhe eMpumalanga Asia (kufaka phakathi iSingapore), eJalimane, nasenyakatho ye-Afrika (kufaka phakathi iLibya), lapho uyise ayethunyelwe khona. Umkhaya wakubo wabuyela eNgilandi lapho eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala. Wafunda eWoolverstone Hall School eSuffolk; iYunivesithi yaseSussex, lapho athola khona iziqu zezincwadi zesiNgisi ngo-1970; kanye neYunivesithi yase-East Anglia, lapho athola khona iziqu ze-master's in literature (enenenketho yokuhambisa ukubhala okudala esikhundleni somsebenzi wokuphikisa obucayi).
- I-Aldershot, eHampshire -East Asia (kuhlanganise neSingapore) - EJalimane -Nyakatho Afrika (kuhlanganise neLibya)