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'One of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published' Guardian An illegal Muslim immigrant arrives in Hamburg with a traumatic past and the key to a fortune held in a private bank. He says his name is Issa. To the idealistic young human rights lawyer Annabel, determined to save him from deportation, he is a worthy cause. To the intelligence services of Britain, Germany and America, however, he is a potential jihadist - and a pawn between them as they seek to make a kill in the war on terror. A Most Wanted Man is a gripping and disquieting story of paranoia, disillusionment and betrayal in the moral no-man's land of the post-9/11 world. 'A first-class novel about the most pressing concerns of our time' Daily Telegraph

'The best English novel since the war' Philip Roth Magnus Pym - ranking diplomat, consummate Englishman, loving husband, secret agent - has vanished. Has he defected? Gone to ground? As the hunt for Pym intensifies, the secrets of his life are revealed: the people he has loved and betrayed, the unreliable con-man father who made him, the two mentors who moulded and shaped him, and now wish to claim this perfect spy as their own. Described by le Carre as his most autobiographical novel, A Perfect Spy is a devastating portrayal of a man who has played different roles for so long, he no longer knows who he is. 'Le Carre understood that espionage is an extreme version of the human comedy, even the human tragedy. A Perfect Spy will very likely remain his greatest book' New Yorker

'One of his most enthralling creations' Daily Telegraph Broke and working as a tour guide in Germany, rootless Englishman Ted Mundy catches a glimpse of an old friend hiding in the shadows. A friend he thought was lost to him. A friend who took him from radical 1960s Berlin to life as a double agent. Now, decades later, the Cold War is over and the war on terror has begun. Sasha has another mission for them both, but this time it is impossible to tell the difference between allies - and enemies. Set in a world of lies and shifting allegiances, Absolute Friends is a savage fable of our times. 'Thoroughly gripping' Sunday Times

Mesmerising Sunday TimesAs an interpreter of African languages, Bruno Salvador is much in demand. He makes it a principle to remain neutral - no matter what he hears. But when he is summoned on a secret job for British Intelligence, he is told he will have to get his hands dirty. His mission is to help bring democracy to the Congo - democracy that will be delivered at the end of a gun barrel.The Mission Song is an excoriating depiction of a corrupt world where loyalty can be bought and war is simply an opportunity to settle old scores.Simply astonishing ... a formidably sophisticated work of fiction Charles Cumming

A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse round his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa. Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her clients survival becomes more important to her than her own career. In pursuit of Issas mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous Tommy Brue, the sixty-year-old scion of Brue Freres, a failing British bank based in Hamburg. A triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the so-called War on Terror, the spies of three nations converge upon the innocents. Poignant, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A MOST WANTED MAN is alive with humour, yet prickles with tension until the last heart-stopping page. It is also a work of deep humanity, and uncommon relevance to our times. ''A formidably sophisticated work of fiction, full of energy, rage and great humour. All the qualities for which le Carre''s fiction has been admired - his descriptive powers, his electrifying dialogue, his cynicism in the presence of corporate greed and government power - are visible in The Mission Song. That this great English novelist continues to produce work of this calibre with such frequency is simply astonishing.'' ''One of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published.'' Guardian. ''A first-class novel about the most pressing moral and political concerns of our time.'' Telegraph. ''le Carre is back on form in a cracking terror plot.''Daily Express. ''Wry, warm, compassionate.'' The Times. ''This is bleak, brilliant, hypnotic stuff and yet another reason to count le Carre among this country''s very finest contemporary writers. Unhesitatingly recommended.'' Independent on Sunday . Spectator: ''Le Carre shows no sign of slowing up or losing touch.''

John Le Carre Le Carre's fiercely compelling novel begins as a half-starved young Russian man is smuggled into Hamburg in the dead of night. Annabel, an idealistic German civil rights lawyer, determines to save him from deportation. Soon, her client's survival becomes more important than her own career--or safety.

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good.Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le Carre has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.

A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carr s most iconic spy George Smiley written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nick Harkaway s Karla s Choice is an extraordinary thrilling return to the world of spy fiction s greatest writer John le Carr It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus With the wreckage of the West s spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe he has eyes only on a more peaceful life And indeed with his marriage more secure than ever there is a rumour in Whitehall a unconfirmed and a little scandalous a that George Smiley might almost be happy But Control has other plans A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task interview Susanna a Hungarian migr and employee of the missing man and sniff out a lead But in his absence the shadows of Moscow have lengthened Smiley will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come and strike at the heart of his greatest enemya

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The first part of John le Carrs acclaimed Karla Trilogy, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sees the beginning of the stealthy Cold War cat-and-mouse game between the taciturn, dogged George Smiley and his wily Soviet counterpart.A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus - even though it may be one of those closest to him. A stunning story Wall Street JournalA great thriller, the best le Carr has written SpectatorTHE FIFTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

An adventure that takes us to the ends of the earth via the rich but often barren landscape of the human heart The TimesWhy was an English lawyer shot dead in Turkey by his firms top client? How can a down-at-heel magician in Devon explain the vast fortune that has mysteriously appeared in his daughters trust fund? With customs officer Nat Brock on the trail, the answers point to the House of Single - once a respectable finance company, now entangled with a Russian crime syndicate.West is pitted against East, and the British establishment against a labyrinthine criminal superpower, in le Carrs searing novel of lives built upon lies.A masterly work, faultless fiction of the highest order Glasgow Herald