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A Most Wanted Man
por Le Carre, John
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 034097706X
- ISBN 13
- 9780340977064
- Livreiro
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2008. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, minor foxing to edges of reading block. ; Sixth printing. Slate cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine, red endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. DJ photos by Cristian Barnett. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 352 pages; 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 round 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. 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. A triangle of impossible loves is born. .
Sinopse
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.
Avaliações
Em Feb 19 2009, Fict disse:
Rather entertaining story - interesting insight into state concerns as to how to handle terrorism. Not Le Carre's best, though.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Books in Bulgaria
(BG)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 32657
- Título
- A Most Wanted Man
- Autor
- Le Carre, John
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edição
- Sixth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 034097706X
- ISBN 13
- 9780340977064
- Editorial
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 2008
- Palavras-chave
- THRILLERS
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Thrillers;
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