![]() Unfortunately the object of her affection, Tom Haley, happens to be a writer whom Serena is sent undercover to recruit on a special mission called Sweet Tooth. Life takes a more exciting turn when Serena falls in love. ![]() Her nights are spent alone in her bedsit thumbing her way through paperback novels. Serena’s office days are spent typing up memos and monotonous reports from field agents. The Cold War has spread its chill and troubles in Northern Ireland are rumbling along. Installed in a lowly position, life in the secret service doesn’t quite live up to Serena’s expectations. She is groomed for the secret service by a former MI5 operative with whom she has an affair. Serena Frome, the daughter of a bishop is recruited into MI5 directly from Cambridge University. This is an upper middle class tale set in 1970’s England. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan – Reveiew by Helen O’Leary ![]()
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