Ian McEwan is one of the “ruling triumvirate” of modern British prose (along with Julian Barnes and Martin Amis), winner of the Booker Prize for his novel Amsterdam. “The Innocent” is difficult to define by genre. This is a detective story, a psychological thriller, a historical drama, and, perhaps most importantly, a story about true love. The novel takes place in post-war Berlin, on the border between East and West. The background of what is happening is real events, although it is difficult to believe in their reality - they are so similar to an eerie farce...