The Looking Glass War: A George Smiley Novel - Softcover

Le Carré, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143122592 ISBN 13: 9780143122593

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2013

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. John le Carré's new novel, Agent Running in the Field, is coming October 2019.

"You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous."

It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department's younger member and its last hope. Charged with handling Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole left over from the War, Avery must infiltrate the East and restore his masters' former glory.

John le Carre's The Looking Glass War is a scorching portrayal of misplaced loyalties and innocence lost.

With an introduction by the author.

About this title

Review:

"A book of rare and great power."--Financial Times -- Financial Times (U.K.)

"A bitter, bleak, superlatively written novel."--Publishers Weekly
-- Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

New York Times bestselling author John le Carré (A Delicate Truth and Spy Who Came in from the Cold) 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 the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0143122592
• ISBN 13: 9780143122593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288