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The Innocent

Ian McEwan (1990)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.5
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceDeath

Positive tags

MysterySurvival

Hero archetypes

Spy / Operative

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of Water

Tropes

Fish out of WaterHidden IdentityMorally Gray Protagonist

Themes

Surveillance and PrivacyCold War ParanoiaLoss of InnocenceMoral AmbiguityDescent into DarknessEspionagePost-War Europe

Synopsis

It was 1955 and the corpse of post-war Berlin was crawling with spies. A British Post Office technician began his descent into ever deeper echelons of electronic surveillance beneath the surface of Berlin. The author also wrote "The Child in Time".

Tags

Historical FictionSpy ThrillerLiterary Fiction