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A true story of the Berlin Tunnel or Operation Gold, the abortive brainchild of the CIA and MI6.
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The setting is Berlin. Into this divided city, wrenched between East and West, between past and present; comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team.
Though only a pawn in an international plot that is never fully revealed to him, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life -- and to lose his unwanted innocence.
The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman. It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening -- a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed.
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Though only a pawn in an international plot that is never fully revealed to him, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life -- and to lose his unwanted innocence.
The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman. It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening -- a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed.
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"A gripping, absolutely unique story of love and suspense that you won't forget." -- Joseph Wambaugh
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- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0099277093
- ISBN 13 9780099277095
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Re-jacketed in stunning new series style for 2023, The Innocent is a startlingly prescient novel from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling Ian McEwan.The Innocent is a startlingly prescient novel from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team. Though only a pawn in an international plot, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life.The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman. It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening - a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed.'The plot crackles like thin ice with dread and suspense' Mail on Sunday It is 1955 and post-war Berlin is crawling with spies. A British Post Office technician begins his descent into ever deeper echelons of electronic surveillance beneath the surface of Berlin. By the author of Enduring Love and Amsterdam. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099277095
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