- Women spies, Fiction, Military intelligence, English Authors
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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Classical in form, grave, cool and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Ian McEwan
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 378
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Anagrama, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9781410454416
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Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. He began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, *The Cement Garden* (1978) and The *Comfort of Strangers* (1981), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His 1997 novel *Enduring Love* was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with *Amsterdam* (1998). He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize. His next novel, *Atonement* (2001), garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. He received the 2011 Jerusalem Prize. His later novels have included *The Children Act,
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