A Perfect Spy

by John le Carre

• ISBN13: 9780671042752
• ISBN10: 0671042750
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Pocket

Summary

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. Immersing readers in two parallel dramas -- one about the making of a spy, the other chronicling his seemingly imminent demise -- le Carre offers one of his richest and most morally resonant novels. Magnus Pym -- son of Rick, father of Tom, and a successful career officer of British Intelligence -- has vanished, to the dismay of his friends, enemies, and wife. Who is he? Who was he? Who owns him? Who trained him? Secrets of state are at risk. As the truth about Pym gradually emerges, the reader joins Pym's pursuers to explore the unsettling life and motives of a man who fought the wars he inherited with the only weapons he knew, and so became a perfect spy.

Author Biography

John Le Carré was born in England in 1931. After attending the universities of Berne and Oxford, he spent five years in the British Foreign Service. He is the author of seventeen novels, including The Spy Who Came In from the Cold; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People; A Perfect Spy; The Little Drummer Girl; The Russia House; The Naive and Sentimental Lover; The Tailor of Panama; and Single & Single, and his books have been translated into twenty-five languages. He lives in England.