It's the politically turbulent early seventies and Cambridge student Serena Frome, a mathematics student who also likes to speed read her way through a vast array of novels, is unknowingly groomed by her boyfriend-professor for a role as a secret agent within MI5.
The plot is one of intrigue, false personalities and deceit. From the opening paragraph the pacing and sheer skill of the narrative creates an aura of suspense that doesn't let you go until the very last page. Ian McEwan's latest novel makes for addictive reading.
McEwan’s page-turner of a novel examines life, literature, politics and betrayal. With the Cold War raging, Serena Frome is recruited as a secret spy, but promptly falls in love with the writer she is employed to manipulate.
The sweeping shots of forests, mountains, and recovered animal populations are accented with a folk-heavy soundtrack, with Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” used for particularly heart-wrenching effect.Sweet Tooth takes as its subject the culture wars of the early seventies and MI5's murky involvement in them. His vision of suburban security for his chosen few, a callback to the tidy nightmare the Singhs lived in during season 1, is the dark alternative to the natural beauty this show revels in. Apparently his army consists of soldiers, personal tailors for his elaborate outfits, and graphic designers who produce his ‘50s-style propaganda posters, but if you don’t think too hard about how they were made the imagery is highly evocative. It’s a particularly strong metaphor for the conflict between young climate activists and the adults they believe are sacrificing the future to maintain their present comfort, given that the heroes of Sweet Tooth are the adults who acknowledge that they must make way for the hybrid children to inherit the Earth.Ībbott, meanwhile, represents regressive ideology, promising not only a return to the time before the Sick but to an idealized past that never really existed. Yet Sweet Tooth works as a fairy tale about the trauma of global change that continues to feel highly relevant in these uncertain times.
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