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Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
November 2012
On Sale: November 13, 2012
320 pages ISBN: 0385536828 EAN: 9780385536820 Kindle: B0084U0IEG Hardcover / e-Book
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In this stunning new novel, Ian McEwan’s first female
protagonist since Atonement is about to learn that
espionage is the ultimate seduction.
Cambridge
student Serena Frome’s beauty and intelligence make her the
ideal recruit for MI5. The year is 1972. The Cold
War is far from over. England’s legendary intelligence
agency is determined to manipulate the cultural conversation
by funding writers whose politics align with those of the
government. The operation is code named “Sweet
Tooth.” Serena, a compulsive reader of novels,
is the perfect candidate to infiltrate the literary circle
of a promising young writer named Tom Haley. At first,
she loves his stories. Then she begins to love the
man. How long can she conceal her undercover
life? To answer that question, Serena must abandon the
first rule of espionage: trust no
one. Once again, Ian McEwan’s mastery dazzles
us in this superbly deft and witty story of betrayal and
intrigue, love and the invented self.
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