Sweet Tooth. First American Edition, First Printing

Ian McEwan

ISBN 10: 0385536828 / ISBN 13: 9780385536820

Published by Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, New York, 2012

About this Item

New, and pristine, stem to stern.See scans and description. First American Edition (stated), and first printing. New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2012. Ian McEwan's 'Sweet Tooth'. Octavo, illustrated jacket, red and buff boards, 306 pp. (304 + 2). New, pristine, and immaculate throughout - both book and jacket, of course. See all scans. A lady spy tale from McEwan - which is more than that, occurring, as it does, in early 70's Cold War England. As a First American Edition, first printing (see copyright page scan), in quite perfect condition, this is an example for the McEwan collector. Ships in a new, sturdy, protetive box - not a bag. L201.

Seller Inventory # 62285

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sweet Tooth. First American Edition, First Printing
• Publisher: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385536828
• ISBN 13: 9780385536820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Weight: 1.45 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern and Hypermodern Fiction
  • Literary & Literary Journals

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

IAN McEWAN is the bestselling author of fourteen books, including the novels Solar; On Chesil Beach; Saturday; Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize; and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award; as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets. He lives in England.

www.ianmcewan.com