A Most Wanted Man

A Most Wanted Man

From The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to The Tailor of Panama and The Constant Gardener, spymaster John le Carré’s novels have always been more than just entertaining cloak-and-dagger yarns. They’re also works of uncommon relevance that shine light on the zeitgeist of their times, be it the Cold War, perestroika or corporate corruption.

A Most Wanted Man is le Carré at his best. Taking us to Hamburg, it begins with a half-starved Russian named Issa who is smuggled into the city with an improbable amount of cash. He claims to be Muslim…but is he? Determined to save him from deportation, Annabel, a young German civil rights lawyer, investigates his mysterious past, which leads her to the enigmatic Tommy Brue, the 60-year-old scion of a British bank. Together, Issa, Annabel and Brue form an unlikely alliance: one that soon comes under fire when, scenting a sure kill in the so-called War on Terror, the spies of three nations converge.

Peopled with new spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones and decent people caught in a moral maze, A Most Wanted Man plays to all of le Carré’s strengths. It prickles with tension until the last heart-stopping page.

Hardcover: 448 pages

Publisher: Scribner/Simon & Schuster ( October 07, 2008 )

Item #: 61-9698

ISBN: 9781416594888

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.8 inches

Product Weight: 13.0 ounces