Single & Single by John Le Carre’

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: John le Carre'
• Title: Single & Single
• Publisher: ‎ Scribner; First Edition (March 2, 1999)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 345 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0684859262
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0684859262
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.4 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent (may show minimal discoloration on page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

New York Times bestselling author John le Carré's novels deftly navigate us through the intricate shadow worlds of international intrigue with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

A lawyer from a London finance house is shot dead on a Turkish hillside by people with whom he thought he was in business. A children's magician in the English countryside is asked to explain the arrival of more than five million pounds sterling in his young daughter's modest trust.

In Single & Single, le Carré masterfully establishes a sequence of events whose connections are mysterious, complex and compelling. He tells of corrupt liaisons between criminal elements in the new Russian states and the world of legitimate finance in the West. He also paints an intimate portrait of two families: one Russian, the other English; one trading illicit goods, the other laundering the profits; one betrayed by a son-in-law, the other betrayed, and redeemed, by a son.

About the Author:

John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy: Tinke, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. His novels include The Little Drummer Girl, A Perfect Spy, The Russia House, Our Game, The Taileor of Panama, and Single & Single.

John le Carre lives in Cornwall.