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A Most Wanted Man - SIGNED by the Author
de Le Carre, John
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. First edition, first printing. Published by Hodder and Stoughton in London, 2008. This is a fine copy. The dust wrapper is without notable wear and has not been price clipped. The boards are tight and free from wear. The text blocks are bright and crisp, free from foxing. The authors signature is flatsigned in black ink to the full title page. Overall, this is a fine copy. The novel provides an extended, if oblique, critique of the American policy under President George W. Bush of extraordinary rendition. The novel provides an extended, if oblique, critique of the American policy under President George W. Bush of extraordinary rendition.
Sinopsis
New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror as the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, rational reasons for doing the inhuman thing; the recognition that we cannot safely love or pity and remain good "patriots" -- this is the fabric of John le Carré's fiercely compelling and current novel A Most Wanted Man . A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa. Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's survival becomes more important to her than her own career -- or safety. In pursuit of Issa's mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous Tommy Brue, the sixty-year-old scion of Brue Frères, a failing British bank based in Hamburg. Annabel, Issa and Brue form an unlikely alliance -- and a triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the "War on Terror," the rival spies of Germany, England and America converge upon the innocents. Thrilling, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A Most Wanted Man is a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times.
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El Feb 19 2009, Fict dijo:
Rather entertaining story - interesting insight into state concerns as to how to handle terrorism. Not Le Carre's best, though.
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- Librería
- John Atkinson Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 15920
- Título
- A Most Wanted Man - SIGNED by the Author
- Autor
- Le Carre, John
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- Usado
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- 1
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- Tapa dura
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- Hodder and Stoughton
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- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
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- 0.00 libras
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