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The Innocent
- Narrated by: John Franklyn-Robbins
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Critic Reviews
"McEwan's name will be on everyone's lips with his startling new novel, an impeccably constructed psychological thriller set in Berlin during the Cold War....McEwan's neat, tensile prose raises this book to the highest level of the genre." (Publishers Weekly)
"A tour de force of horror and philosophical suspense." (The New York Times)
"So exhaustively suspenseful....It should be devoured at one sitting." (Newsweek)
"McEwan...a breathtaking master...has written a blueprint for the future of the genre." (Time)
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- Kenneth
- 05-10-05
A Lifelike Knot of Possibilities
At first I thought this was going to be "The Spy Who Fell Into the Cold War." The setting was right; the characters were available, but then, like life, it veered into an unexpected alley. So I thought it was going to be about romance and trust and danger. But the danger wasn't from the embattled governments or other outside influences in the divided city or the divided society; the danger was from inside the relationship, from inside the individuals. Then, like life, the story veered again, coping with danger, and danger was like a voracious beast intent on devouring the trust and the romance. Only the ending of the novel doesn't ring true for me, the looking back, the untying, the rekindling; these are the postscripts to a Hollywood movie, the way we'd like things to be, under control and logical, but not very lifelike.
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- Geoffrey
- 08-19-04
A little gem
I read it entirely by accident and could not put it down . Well written, good character developement and portrayed spying from a down to earth perspective and honesty. There are no heroes, we see people with all their faults and idiosyncracies, stumbling through life. A work of fiction but set around an event that really occured.
I knew Berlin in the cold war era and the book and characters made me have a certain nostalgia for a time which is now gone forever( thank God ) and the players of the game, US, Brits and Germans and of course the Russian bear . I reccomend it.
Geoff Holdway MD Ancaster ON Canada
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- mary j aboughadareh
- 11-02-08
Extremely good just up until the end.
I just loved this book and the characters. The reader was excellent. High adventure and intrigue, history...everything about it was perfect until the end which turned out was just lobbed off. You never find out what happens to everyone, it just ends. I personally really hate that and so I gave it 4 stars. It would have been a 5+ if not for the "no ending" ending.
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- Sarah R. Jacobs
- 05-05-16
Incredibly Depressing, But Worth It
If you want to read a story about a truly and deeply flawed Cold War British telephonics nerd who goes to Berlin, grows up, and discovers exactly how far he'll go to get, to win back, and to keep the love of his life, this is your book.
But be forewarned: The flaws are deep, and the flawed man's actions are the most extreme there are. This is no Humphrey Bogart movie of a novel. It's more of a Coen Brothers-style Hitchcock film, with a touch of Francis Bacon or Lucian Freud.
Also, John Franklyn-Robbins does an admirable job remaining in the characters of several people who would be about as likable and cuddly as angry hornets if they were real and you met them in person. I don't think I would have been able to make it past that first bad thing that Leonard does to Maria if I hadn't been hearing both characters played ably and sensitively by a nuanced and thoughtful actor.
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- S. Jones
- 05-23-14
Been There, Done That
This romance novel for men is unoriginal and lacking suspense. Perhaps it's a testament to our jaded times that the graphic sex is tedious, the espionage lacks suspense, and the gruesome murder fails to shock or surprise. The unrealistic, tidy ending is a joke. The author seems to want to be Graham Greene but ends up being Barbara Cartland. I like the narrator, which is why I stuck with it until the end.
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- J. PARKER
- 06-30-20
As always, McEwan does not disappoint
I loved this book. It was a little slow to start, and the narrator takes a little getting used to, but it was a nice listen. Some of the characters were a little superficial, but the main ones are filled in well enough, and the historical context was interesting. As always, McEwen takes a real world event and spins a nice yarn around it. It's ultimately a love story, between a nerdy guy and a slightly damaged woman, which is a tied up nicely at the end, despite what some other reviewers say. The gore is a bit difficult to take in part of the book, but the descriptions and the cadence are nice. The language is somewhat different than some other McEwen’s books, likely intentionally, with clipped and relatively simplistic language that suits the main character nicely.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-30-18
TOO GORY
I would have given this book a 10 star, the performance and the story are fantastic. I love Ian McEwan's writing and was working my way through every one of his books. No more! The extended, graphic, gory chopping up of a dead body was over the top. I had to fast forward through it and then I didn't have the stomach to finish the book
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- Melissa
- 09-13-16
Terrible narrator
This book has an interesting story but the narrator has a stilted style that is distracting while listening.
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- Robin Hillyard
- 09-10-21
McEwan does it again
A character that we are invested in is flawed. Yet we still want the very best for him. So, when a point comes where we want to call out “stop it, you idiot,” it can be hard to continue. Yet it is all so worth it when we reach the end of the story. These flawed characters seem to be trademark of McEwan, but each one is special in their own way.
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- KMW
- 05-14-21
Ian McEwan at his best
What a great book, thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Felt like I was in Berlin.