A Perfect Spy

Author(s): John Le Carre

Crime

"Le Carr?'s best book, and one of the finest English novels of the twentieth century."
-Philip Pullman
Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend- and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus?
In "A Perfect Spy," John le Carr? has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage.
With an Introduction by the Author


Product Information

New York Times bestselling authorJohn le Carre (A Delicate TruthandSpy 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."

General Fields

  • : 9780143119760
  • : Penguin Books
  • : Penguin Books
  • : 0.544
  • : July 2011
  • : 208mm X 137mm X 36mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : John Le Carre
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : 823.914
  • : 624