Sweet tooth
by Ian McEwan
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Recruited into MI5 against a backdrop of the Cold War in 1972, Cambridge student Serena Frome, a compulsive reader, is assigned to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer whose politics align with those of the government, a situation that is compromised when she falls in love with him.
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Women spies, Fiction, Military intelligence, English Authors, Cold War, NEW LIST 20121231, Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978, Spy stories, Fiction, espionage, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Engels, Suspense fiction, History, Large type books, Authors, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2012-12-02, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, thrillers, espionagePlaces
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"Thorndike Press large print basic"--T.p. verso.
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An Anglican bishop's daughter gets in over her head with British Intelligence in this John le Carre-esque caper from the author of Atonement. Brash, bookish Serena just might make a perfect spy-if she can keep her heart under wraps.
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