 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - McEwan akanga achida kwenguva refu kunyora rondedzero pamusoro pemakore a1970, nhambo yokuumba muupenyu hwake yaanoreva senguva youpenyu hwangu. Nokuda kweUnited Kingdom yakanga iri nguva ine mhirizhonga, nevashandi vemumigodhi vanorova, dambudziko remagetsi, kuwedzera kwekurwisanapamusoro peNorthern Ireland, mamiriro ekukurumidzira akadzokororwa uye kuchinja kwehurumende kwakati wandei. Yakanga iriwo nguva yeHondo Yemashoko, apo hurumende dzokuMadokero dzakanga dzichiedza kukunda hondo yemafungiro pakurwisana nenyanzvi dzakanga dzapanduka zvikuru. Operation Sweet Tooth yakafungidzirwa chose chose, asi nhau yacho yakafuridzirwa nenyaya chaiyoiyo inobata magazini yokunyora mabhuku inochengetedza Encounter, iyo muna 1967 yakaziviswa kuva yakagamuchira mari yakavanzika kubva kuCIA. McEwan anoshandisa nhoroondo iyi kuti aongorore ukama huri pakati pemhizha nehurumende, uye kudiwa kwokuti mabhuku arambe akazvimirira. Maererano naMcEwan, chinetso chakanga chisiri hondo yokurwisana nechiKomonisiti imene, asi chakavanzika icho yakaitwa nacho. Zvose zvinodikanwa chaizvoizvo ndezvokuti chinhu chipi nechipi chinoitwa nehurumende maererano nounyanzvi chinoiswa patafura apo tinogona kuchiona. 