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English

Penguin
19 May 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: The Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection

A hardback series for le Carre collectors

Barley Blair is not a Service man- he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to haunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. Both are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if the human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries . . .

In his first post-glasnost spy novel, le Carre captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command them.

By: John le Carré
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780241337202
ISBN 10: 0241337208
Series: The Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 19 May 2020
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John le Carre was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For more than fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.