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Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan
Serena Frome graduates from Cambridge in 1972 after majoring in math. After an affair with a professor, she goes to London and gets a job with MI5 on his recommendation. The Cold War is going on, and MI5 is just starting to recruit women into its ranks. Serena gets an assignment to recruit a young writer, Tom Haley; MI5 will finance him since he's written some anti-Communist short stories, and they're hoping he'll produce a novel of the same type under Serena's guidance.
One of the best parts of Ian McEwan's writing is the twist he incorporates at the end. Sweet Tooth is especially good at this since he incorporates several of Tom Haley's short stories into the book, each with their own little twists. The book is told from Serena's point of view or maybe not: read it and see what you think.
The writing is excellent, as always from this author. He does a wonderful job of picking out the little details that depict the era. "In the hippie pubs around Camden Lock, which was not yet a tourist attraction, the long-haired men were more insidious and persistent with softer come-ons about their inner feminine spirit, the collective unconscious, the transit of Venus and related hokum."
Ian McEwan always makes me think and takes me places I haven't been before. Sweet Tooth is another fine novel from him in a long line of great books.
One of the best parts of Ian McEwan's writing is the twist he incorporates at the end. Sweet Tooth is especially good at this since he incorporates several of Tom Haley's short stories into the book, each with their own little twists. The book is told from Serena's point of view or maybe not: read it and see what you think.
The writing is excellent, as always from this author. He does a wonderful job of picking out the little details that depict the era. "In the hippie pubs around Camden Lock, which was not yet a tourist attraction, the long-haired men were more insidious and persistent with softer come-ons about their inner feminine spirit, the collective unconscious, the transit of Venus and related hokum."
Ian McEwan always makes me think and takes me places I haven't been before. Sweet Tooth is another fine novel from him in a long line of great books.