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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100743579232
ISBN-139780743579230
eBay Product ID (ePID)23069214758
Product Key Features
Book TitleMost Wanted Man
Publication Year2008
TopicThrillers / Espionage, Mystery & Detective / General
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Le Carré
FormatCompact Disc
Dimensions
Item Height1 In.
Item Length5.8 In.
Item Weight5.5 Oz
Item Width5.1 In.
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"This is le Carré's strongest, most powerful novel... Extraordinary."-- Alan Furst,New York Times Book Review(cover review), "An instant classic... A provocative and incendiary ending that only le Carré, the master, can pull off."--USA Today, "Astounding, nearly perfect ... beautifully paced, awesomely crafted ... desperately readable"-- John Freeman,San Francisco Chronicle, "What le Carré has always done terrifically is to capture the nuances of the spying game. His spooks are wonderful... InA Most Wanted Manyou are, unlike the modern world, in thrillingly deft, safe hands."--The Guadian(UK), "Turn the pages slowly, because an era is passing, and with it, an illuminating view of the troubled keepers of an uneasy peace."-- James F. Sweeney,Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Breaks notable new ground... Le Carré's dialogue has snap, rhythm and wit... immaculate timing."-- Peter Wolfe,St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Le Carré's ... secret agents exist in a world of stalemate, moral compromise, ambiguity and betrayal... Like his books, le Carré is a mix of unblinking realism and hopeful humanism."-- Jill Lawless,Associated Press, "Intricately plotted, beautifully written, propulsive, morally engaged, but timely as today's headlines.... The protagonists are brilliantly drawn."-- Tim Rutten,Los Angeles Times, "As sharp as he ever was.... Le Carre ... remains a class above his neighbors on the bestseller list."-- Jeffrey Westhoff,Chicago Sun-Times
Number of Volumes5 vols.
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionAbridged edition
SynopsisHailed as the literary master for a generation (The London Observer), New York Times-bestselling author le Carr returns with a stunningly compelling work set in Hamburg--a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times. Abridged. 5 CDs., 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 novelA 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 love 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 listener never wants to let go,A Most Wanted Manis a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times.
