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The writer and the spy 作家和间谍 A clever book that leaves you cold; 打不动人心的一本智慧书; Sweet Tooth. By Ian McEwan. 《甜蜜牙齿》作者：Ian McEwan. At 64, with a Hollywood film, a Man Booker prize and a gong from the queen, Ian McEwanhas become a grand old man of British letters. Publication of his latest novel, Sweet Tooth,was announced on the evening news. A reading at the Edinburgh book festival wasintroduced by none other than the first minister, Alex Salmond. 64岁那年，带着被改编成的好莱坞电影，伊恩.麦克万从女王的手里接过了布克奖和奖章。成为英国的最年长的作者。晚间资讯报道了他最新出版的小说《甜蜜的牙齿》。在爱丁堡图书节的一次读书会上，竟然是首席部长阿列克斯.萨尔蒙德推荐了这本小说。 For all the attendant publicity, Sweet Tooth is not Mr McEwan s finest book. It has neitherthe darkness of The Comfort of Strangers nor the passion of Enduring Love, nor even theforensic observation that made On Chesil Beach such an uncomfortable and memorableread. It is a clever bookostensibly about spying, yet really about writers and the alchemyof fiction. But it is also curiously forgettable. What it lacks is not so much an animating spirit,as a heart. | 
