Rezension: Ian McEwan: “Sweet Tooth”

Ian McEwan’s storytelling at its best is a slow burn with a deliciously unexpected grand conflagration — taking the quiet life of a somewhat-flawed protagonist and throwing it into violent disarray with a few bad decisions and sadistic twists.

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