by IanMcEwan (Author)
"A web of spying, subterfuge, deceit and betrayal...Acute, witty ...winningly cunning". ("Sunday Times"). The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. Britain is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism. Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Serena is sent on a secret mission - Operation Sweet Tooth - which brings her into the world of Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage - trust no one.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09 May 2013
ISBN 10: 0099578786
ISBN 13: 9780099578789
Book Overview: Re-jacketed in stunning new series style, Sweet Tooth is a story of love and espionage in 1970s Britain from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.
Prizes: Winner of Paddy Power Political Book Awards: Political Fiction Book of the Year 2013. Shortlisted for Sainsbury's eBook of the Year 2014 and Paddy Power Political Book Awards: Political Fiction Book of the Year 2013.