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
| ISBN: | 9780099277095 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2006 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 245 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Politics Espionage and spy thriller Psychological thriller Historical Fiction |