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Set against the threat of a German-Soviet alliance, John le Carré's A Small Town in Germany is a superb chronicle of Cold War paranoia and political compromise. The British Embassy in Bonn is up in arms. Her Majesty's financially troubled government is seeking admission to Europe's Common Market just as anti-British factions are rising to power in Germany. Rioters are demanding reunification, and the last thing the Crown can afford is a scandal.

In John le Carré's electrifying novel Our Kind of Traitor, innocents abroad are drawn into the darkest recesses of the financial world. Set in contemporary, recession-gripped Britain, a left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who owns a peninsula and a diamond-encrusted gold watch.

The never-before-seen correspondence of John le Carré, one of the most important novelists of our generation, are collected in this beautiful volume. During his lifetime, le Carré wrote numerous letters to writers, spies, politicians, artists, actors, and public figures. This collection is a treasure trove, revealing the late author's humor, generosity, and wit—a side of him many listeners have not previously seen.

Die wahnwitzige Geschichte um eine innerdeutsche Verwicklung mit Folgen - von Weltbestsellerautor John le Carré! Westdeutschland, auf dem Höhepunkt des Kalten Krieges. Herr Koorp, ein anständiger Kaufmann, pflegt ein gefälliges und selbstzufriedenes Dasein in Lübeck. Dann erhält er einen Anruf von seiner Schwester im fernen Ostdeutschland. Der gemeinsame Vater sei unzeitig verstorben. Dessen letzter Wunsch? In Lübeck begraben zu werden, ausgerechnet!

Dolmetscher Bruno Salvador wird vom Britischen Geheimdienst für eine inoffizielle Konferenz zum Thema Kongo engagiert. Die krisengeschüttelte und an Rohstoffen reiche Region ist Brunos Heimat. Bahnt sich in dem fernen Land eine Katastrophe an? Bruno sucht Verbündete, die mit ihm für eine demokratische Zukunft des Kongo streiten. Doch plötzlich wird er zum Gejagten, denn in seinem Besitz befinden sich wertvolle Dokumente.

It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall – unconfirmed and a little scandalous – that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found.

Julian a volontairement troqué son job lucratif à la City contre une librairie dans une petite station balnéaire de la côte est anglaise. Mais à peine est-il installé qu'un visiteur surgi de nulle part vient bouleverser sa nouvelle vie : Edward, immigré polonais habitant la vaste demeure en bordure de la ville, semble en savoir beaucoup sur sa famille, et porter trop d'intérêt à la bonne marche de son entreprise.

The Night Manager (Abridged): In the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington, an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. Our Kind of Traitor (Abridged): Set in contemporary, recession-gripped Britain, a left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Single & Single (Abridged): A corporate lawyer from the house of Single & Single is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside for crimes that he does not understand.

Hamburg nach 9/11. Ein muslimischer Terrorverdächtiger ist die Schlüsselfigur im gnadenlosen Wettlauf internationaler Geheimdienste...

Julian Lawndsley har opgivet sit prestigefyldte job i London og har slået sig ned som boghandler i en lille engelsk kystby. Men en aften, kun et par måneder efter karriereskiftet, får Julian besøg. Edward, en polsk emigrant, der bor i Sølvblik, det store hus i udkanten af ??byen, ved en hel del om Julians familie og er ualmindeligt interesseret i hans lille boghandel. En spionchef i London modtager et brev, der advarer om en faretruende lækage, og hans efterforskning fører ham til den stille kystby.

John le Carré - den 87-årige mesterskribent, spiongenrens grand old man - leverer med "Fri agent" endnu en spændende og højaktuel roman om den engelske spiontjeneste. Scenen er sat i London 2018. Vores ene hovedperson er Nat, en midaldrende agent på retræte. Den anden er 26-årige Ed, ranglet, med briller og alene, der kæmper desperat for at modstå den politiske turbulens, som hvirvler omkring ham (han hader Brexit og præsident Trump).

Spionromanens ubestridte mester vender tilbage med en ny koldkrigsroman - den første med George Smiley i mere end 25 år. John le Carré fletter fortid med nutid og spinder et plot lige så indviklet og fascinerende som i de to forløbere, Spionen, der kom ind for kulden og Dame konge es spion, som romanen trækker tråde tilbage til. I en historie, der er fuld af spænding, humor og moralsk ambivalens præsenterer le Carré læseren for en parade af uforglemmelige firgurer - gamle såvel som nye.

John le Carrés ikoniske koldkrigsroman fra 1963. Alec Leamas er leder af den britiske efterretningstjeneste i Berlin og ser med egne øjne sin sidste agent blive likvideret ved Muren. Leamas er en sand professionel, en mester i den livsfarlige metier, styret af en særegen sammenbidt vilje til retfærdighed og - når det kræves - til gengældelse. og det gør det her. Leamas vil have hævn over den østtyske efterretningschef Mundt. Som sin sidste mission vil han gennemføre en dristig kontraspionageintrige.

The beautiful Tessa Quayle is murdered near Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya, the birthplace of mankind. And her putative African lover and travelling companion has vanished from the scene of the crime. Tessa’s husband, a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive. On his way he meets terror, violence and conspiracy, but his greatest discovery is the woman he barely had time to love.

John le Carré's second novel, A Murder of Quality, offers an exquisite, satirical look at an elite private school as it chronicles the early development of George Smiley. Miss Ailsa Brimley is in a quandary. She's received a peculiar letter from Mrs Stella Rode, saying that she fears her husband - an assistant master at Carne School - is trying to kill her. Reluctant to go to the police, Miss Brimley calls upon her old wartime colleague, George Smiley. Unfortunately, it's too late.

"It’s an emergency, George. You remember Vladimir? George, are you awake? You remember the old General?" The phone call that dragged George Smiley, acting Chief of the Circus, from his bed was a plea to return to active service. But only to bury the case, not to solve it...

Harry Pendel, tailor and spy, decides to take matters into his own hands by deceiving everyone and masterminding a scheme so brilliant that his life careens into a deadly game of politics and deception, in a humorous and fast-paced thriller. Harry Pendel is the charismatic proprietor of Pendel and Braithwaite Limitada of Panama, through whose doors everyone who is anyone in Central America passes. Andrew Osnard, mysterious and fleshy, is a spy.

In the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington, an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. Jonathan Pine is ready to stand up and be counted in the fight against this ultimate heart of darkness. His mission takes him from the cliffs of west Cornwall, via Northern Quebec and the Caribbean, to the jungles of post-Noriega Panama. His quarry is the worst man in the world.

A corporate lawyer from the house of Single & Single is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside for crimes that he does not understand. A children’s entertainer in Devon is hauled to his local bank late at night to explain a monumental influx of cash. A Russian freighter is arrested in the Black Sea. A celebrated London financier has disappeared into thin air. A British customs officer is on a trail of corruption and murder.

John le Carré has earned worldwide acclaim with extraordinary spy novels, including The Russia House, an unequivocal classic. It is the third summer of perestroika. Barley Blair, London publisher, receives a smuggled document from Moscow. Blair, jazz-loving, drink-marinated, dishevelled, is hardly to the taste of the spymasters, yet he has to be used - sent to the Soviet Union to make contact.