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DescriptionSoon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsg rd, and Damian Lewis. ReviewsA story with frenzy at its heart ... A compelling tale of deceit, dialogue and the author's own despair -- James Naughtie [A] bullet train of a thriller ... part vintage John le Carre and part Alfred Hitchcock The New York Times If you want to know about the state of Britain today, forget the Booker shortlist. Just read John le Carre's latest thriller Evening Standard Return of the master ... Having plumbed the devious depths of the Cold War, le Carre has done it again for our nasty new age The Times Few literary novels can boast a set of characters so vividly imagined. A teasing, beguiling, masterly performance Sunday Times A remarkable book by the master Daily Telegraph Pitch perfect. Le Carre's greatest gift may be his ear, which allows him to pick up a tremor of fear in the softest voice or a false note in any exchange of words and play with them to his heart's content Sunday Telegraph One of our great writers of moral ambiguity, a tireless explorer of that darkly contradictory no-man's land Los Angeles Times I would suggest immortality for John le Carre, who I believe one of the most intelligent and entertaining writers working today Chicago Tribune Author descriptionJohn le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. His recent novels include A Most Wanted Man, Our Kind of Traitor and A Delicate Truth. |