Product Description

‘The best spy story I have ever read’ Graham Greene

With this superb, now classic novel of suspense, le Carré changed the rules of the game. His story is of one last breathlessly perilous assignment for the agent who wants desperately to end his career of espionage - to come in from the cold.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #753558 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-31
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Graham Greene
`The best spy story I have ever read'

Guardian
'He is an exceptionally good reader'

Synopsis
From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE, a thriller about an intelligence agent who has decided to put his life of espionage behind him, but first there is one more dangerous assignment to accomplish.

Customer Reviews

This book by John Le Carre was a bit slow in starting
This book by John Le Carre was a bit slow in starting but then the plot quickened and as I read I thought I was on the journey.

I thought there were two many characters in the book and as a result I believe this is why the plot was slowed down.

Alec Lemas I thought was a shady character and the girl called Liz who worked at the library I believe really loved him and the two met because Alec worked at the library. Liz's colleague at the library was a very strict woman and as I read you could tell she did not like Lemas.

The end of the book was very surprising and I won't spoil it for anyone who has not read it but the book was not bad.

Enthralling...
I've read many John Le Carre novels, and this one is of the same high quality that I have come to expect from this world class story teller. His ability to capitivate the reader with a solid progressive plot and believable charators is second to none. While writing this review I would also like to recommend 'The Constantine Legacy' by Andrew Towning. His Jake Dillon charactor is also well worth a read.

Stunning spy story
This is a stunning spy story about the human cost of the Cold War that practically invented a genre. Brilliantly plotted, authentic (the love interest works fine for me too) and chilling - with an ending to die for.