Sweet Tooth
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Sweet Tooth is a 2012 espionage novel by Ian McEwan that blends Cold War spy intrigue with a metafictional love story set in 1970s Britain.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
espionage novel
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metafictional novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian McEwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Children Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Serena Frome
NERFINISHED
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Tom Haley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780224097371 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Serena Frome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending spy novel with metafictional love story
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depiction of British intelligence in the 1970s ⓘ |
| partOf | Ian McEwan bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Cold War espionage
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MI5 recruitment ⓘ covert literary funding operation ⓘ metafictional twist ⓘ romantic relationship between agent and writer ⓘ |
| precededBy | Solar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Britain
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1970s ⓘ |
| theme |
Cold War politics
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betrayal ⓘ deception ⓘ gender and power ⓘ literature and propaganda ⓘ love ⓘ truth and fiction ⓘ |
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