The Innocent

Paperback Published on: 06/07/2023
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The Innocent
Another brilliant novel.
Having thoroughly enjoyed Sweet Tooth I decided to attempt another McEwan spy narrative, and I was certainly not disappointed. The Innocent weaves a tragi... READ MORE
Emma Prince at Portsmouth

Synopsis

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' Sunday Times

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780099277095
  • Number of pages: 240
  • Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 15 mm
  • Weight: 196g
  • Languages: English

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The Innocent
The Innocent
Wow. Just finished it. Spy thrillers aren't normally my thing and I came to 'The Innocent' only because I had loved, and twice read, McEwan's 'On Chesil B... READ MORE
Nick Paul