Christmas Delivery Guaranteed 🚚
Christmas Gift Guide Gift Guide
Christmas Delivery Delivery
Store Hours Store Hours
Gift Cards Gift Cards

Today Only: Free Gift Wrap In-Store! 🎁

Sweet Tooth

By Ian McEwan
0.0 (0 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan is set against the backdrop of the Cold War in the 1970s and follows Serena Frome, a young woman plucked from academia to join MI5. Tasked with a secret mission to covertly support writers whose politics align with the government, her path leads to unexpected complications when she becomes entangled with one of them. The novel cleverly intertwines espionage, literature, and a romance that questions personal and political integrity.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$2400
Elsewhere:
$2600
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 3-4 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book may appeal to you if you enjoy Cold War-era stories filled with intrigue, romance, and espionage. With its intelligent narrative and richly developed characters, it weaves a compelling tale of love and deception that questions the nature of truth and fiction. Ideal for readers who appreciate novels that blend literary depth with suspenseful storytelling.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

Sweet Tooth

The year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth – a highly secret undercover mission – she meets Tom Haley, a promising young writer. To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage – trust no one.

The Number One bestseller from the author of Atonement and Enduring Love- Sweet Tooth is a story of love and espionage in 1970s Britain

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Re-jacketed in a stunning new series style for 2023, Sweet Tooth is a story of love and espionage in 1970s Britain from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling Ian McEwan.

'A web of spying, subterfuge, deceit and betrayal... Acute, witty...winningly cunning' Sunday Times

The year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over, and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth—a highly secret undercover mission—she meets Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First, she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom?

To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage—trust no one.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan is highly praised for its engaging and entertaining narrative, with the Guardian highlighting its entertainment value. The Irish Times commends its readability and occasional humour. The Independent appreciates the suspenseful twists on Cold War thriller conventions, while the Financial Times lauds it as a sublime, rich, and enjoyable read. The Guardian also describes it as riveting and gripping.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099578789

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 May 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 384

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Ian McEwan Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of eighteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.

Also by Ian McEwan

View all

More from General Fiction

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.