The Russia House
(Sprache: Englisch)
John le Carré's first post-glasnost spy novel, The Russia House captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command them
Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a...
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John le Carré's first post-glasnost spy novel, The Russia House captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command them
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 ...
If you enjoyed The Russia House, you might like le Carré's The Secret Pilgrim, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'Classic le Carré'
Sunday Times
Autoren-Porträt von John le Carré
John le Carré
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John le Carré
- 2011, 464 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,6 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0141196351
- ISBN-13: 9780141196350
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.05.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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