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The setting is Berlin. Into this divided city, wrenched between East and West, between past and present; comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team. Though only a pawn in an international plot that is never fully revealed to him, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life -- and to lose his unwanted innocence. 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. "From the Paperback edition.
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The Innocent, Ian McEwan
- Language
- Released
- 1998
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Very Good
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- €5.19
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- Title
- The Innocent
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ian McEwan
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0099277093
- ISBN13
- 9780099277095
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Love, Germany, 20th century, Murders, British Literature, Death, Berlin, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Espionage, Betrayal, German Democratic Republic, Guilt, Cold War, Secret Services, 1950s
- First published
- 1990
- Original title
- The Innocent
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- The setting is Berlin. Into this divided city, wrenched between East and West, between past and present; comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team. Though only a pawn in an international plot that is never fully revealed to him, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life -- and to lose his unwanted innocence. 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. "From the Paperback edition.