The map shown on the cover of one version of the single is of the Toronto Islands, while another is of Chesil Beach in Dorset, England.
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The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Jonathan Yardley placed On Chesil Beach on his top ten for 2007, praising McEwan's writing and saying that "even when he's in a minor mode, as he is here, he is nothing short of amazing".