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Sweet tooth / Ian McEwan.

McEwan, Ian. (Auteur).

Résumé :

Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge before taking a job with MI5 in London. The year is 1972: MI5 sends Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, on a secret mission that brings her to Tom Healy, 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? What is deception and who is deceiving whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage -- trust no one. A superb story of intrigue, love...and mutual betrayal.

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  • ISBN : 9780307363343 (hc.)
  • Description physique : 323 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Éditeur : Toronto : Knopf Canada, c2012.
Sujet :
Women spies > Fiction.
Undercover operations > Fiction
Genre :
Spy stories.

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    Serena Frome, the beautiful mathematician daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the Intelligence Service. The year is 1972: Britain, confronting economic disaster, is being torn apart by industrial unrest and Irish terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency. The Cold War has entered a moribund phase but the fight goes on and MI5 hesitates at little
    to influence hearts and minds.

    Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is sent by her new employers on a secret mission that brings her into the literary 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 deceiving whom? To answer these
    questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage—trust no one.

    Ian McEwan masterfully entwines espionage and desire in an unforgettable story of intrigue, betrayal and love.