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Also by Ian McEwan:

What We Can Know, October 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Children Act, September 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Sweet Tooth, November 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Solar, April 2010
Hardcover
Atonement, December 2007
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On Chesil Beach, June 2007
Hardcover
Saturday, April 2006
Trade Size (reprint)
Saturday, March 2005
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Atonement, March 2003
Trade Size (reprint)

SWEET TOOTH
By: Ian McEwan

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.

Media Buzz

On Point - December 27, 2012
On Point - December 6, 2012
All Things Considered - November 10, 2012
Weekend Edition Saturday - November 10, 2012