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'A work of rare brilliance' The Times Charmer, fabulist and tailor to Panama's rich and powerful, Henry Pendel loves to tell stories. But when the British spy Andrew Osnard - a man of large appetites, for women, information and above all money - walks into his shop, Henry's fantastical inventions take on a life of their own. Soon he finds himself out of his depth in an international game he can never hope to win. Le Carre's savage satire on the espionage trade is set in a corrupt universe without heroes or honour, where the innocent are collateral damage and treachery plays out as tragic farce. 'A tour de force in which almost every convention of the classic spy novel is violated' The New York Times Book Review

''Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I''m sitting now.'' From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion, to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le Carre has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carre is as funny as he is incisive - reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether he''s writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine gun fire, or visiting Rwanda''s museums of the unburied dead in the aftermath of the genocide, or celebrating New Year''s Eve with Yasser Arafat, or interviewing a German terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, or watching Alec Guinness preparing for his role as George Smiley, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener, le Carre endows each happening with vividness and humour, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. Best of all, le Carre gives us a glimpse of a writer''s journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for the human spark that has given so much life and heart to his fictional characters.

In Panama bahnt sich eine Verschwörung an, um den Panama-Vertrag zunichte zu machen. Dieser sieht vor, die Kontrolle über den Kanal 1999 den Panamaern zu überlassen. Der gutmütige Herrenschneider Harry Pendel wird von dem britischen Spion Andy Osnard gezwungen, für den Geheimdienst zu arbeiten. Er soll das amerikanische Militär ködern, die schmutzige Arbeit zu tun nämlich Panama erneut zu besetzen und den Vertrag für null und nichtig zu erklären. Pendel verfolgt jedoch ein ganz anderes Ziel.

Si buscas una gran novela, solo tienes que encontrar a un hombre: John le Carré.El gran Le Carré, más radical que nunca, vuelve con una novela sobre el terrorismo y la conculcación de las libertades. Su protagonista, Issa, nacido de la relacion entre una chechena y un ofcial ruso a quien aborrece, ha logrado huir de una carcel turca y ahora se encuentra en Hamburgo. Cuenta con la ayuda de una joven abogada y de un banquero para poder cobrar la herencia de su padre y destinarla a distintas ONG islamicas, pero los servicios secretos alemanes sospechan que sus intenciones son muy distintasUna obra de candente actualidad que denuncia los peligros de la actitud discriminatoria de Occidente hacia la comunidad islamica, y su total ineptitud para combatir el terrorismo. Una historia de amores profundos pero imposibles.

Issa, jeune musulman russe affamé, arrive clandestinement à Hambourg. Avec Annabel, avocate idéaliste, et Tommy Brue, patron de banque, ils forment un triangle amoureux sur lequel vont fondre les esp

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.

At 48, Tim Cranmer is a secret servant in retirement, free to devote himself to his manor house, his vineyard and his young mistress, Emma. But a rival in love disappears with Emma, and Tim sets off

John le Carré was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors, politicians and public figures - reveals the playfully intelligent and unfailingly eloquent man behind the penname.

Premier volume de la trilogie mettant en scène George Smiley, agent des renseignements britanniques. Il est chargé par Control, son chef vieillissant, de débusquer la taupe, un agent double à la sold

From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, SMILEY'S PEOPLE and THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, a tale of espionage in which George Smiley embarks on a mission to catch a Soviet mole who has been