A Legacy of Spies - Winner of the Deutscher Krimi-Preis; International 2018
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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 368 |
| Format | 13,0 x 19,6 x 2,6 cm |
| B-format | |
| Gewicht | 342 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | George Smiley 9 |
| ISBN-10 | 0241981611 |
| EAN | 9780241981610 |
| Bestell-Nr | 24198161EA |
For the first time in over 30 years, John le Carré returns to the Cold War in this bestselling masterpiece. Peter Guillam, colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. His Cold War past has come back to claim him.
'A brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' Evening Standard
'Vintage le Carré. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' John Banville, Guardian
Peter Guillam, former disciple of George Smiley in the British Secret Service, has long retired to Brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to London. The reason? Cold War ghosts have come back to haunt him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of the Service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the Berlin Wall. Somebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater good . . .
'Utterly engrossing and perfectly pitched. There is only one le Carré. Eloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' Daily Mail
'Splendid, fast-paced, riveting' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times
'Remarkable. It gives the reader, at l ong last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 years. Like wine, le Carré's writing has got richer with age' The Times
'Perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in Britain. He's in the first rank' Ian McEwan
'One of those writers who will be read a century from now' Robert Harris
Sunday Times bestseller, September 2017
Rezension:
Not since The Spy Who Came in From The Cold has le Carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect John Banville Guardian
