{"product_id":"the-innocent-9780385494335","title":"The Innocent","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA member of a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin finds himself in too deep i\u003c\/b\u003en this \"wholly entertaining\" work \u003cb\u003e(\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham's intelligence work--tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow--offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international comedy of errors. His relationship with Maria Eckdorf, an enigmatic and beautiful West Berliner, likewise promises to loosen the bonds of his ordinary life. But the promise turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening--a night when Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN MCEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1998 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAtonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a number-one bestseller. \u003ci\u003eAtonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e have all been adapted for the big screen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410812342546,"sku":"9780385494335","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55a0913c-daf1-4464-b054-5b18262e46a6.jpg?v=1729308562","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-innocent-9780385494335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}