The Looking Glass War - Softcover

John Le CarrÚ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340554460 ISBN 13: 9780340554463

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991

Synopsis

A thriller from the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY. Uncertain evidence suggests Soviet missiles are being put in place close to the German border, while vital film has gone missing and a courier is dead. The Department has to find an old hand who can prove that they are not out of the running yet.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Pre-eminent spy novelist John le Carre weaves an intricate spell of suspicion and deceit as three men play a double-sided game of war.

It's been twenty years since the end of World War II and things just haven't been the same in British intelligence. But now comes word that Russian missiles have been sighted in East Germany. Suddenly, the Department's old juices begin to flow as the Cold War rapidly heats up. And three British subjects find themselves undertaking the must perilous mission of their careers: Avery, young and on the way up, willing to sacrifice his marriage, his honor, even his manhood for the "greater good"; Leiser, middle-aged and on the way down, a human pawn in a deadly contest; and Leclerc, the old man at the top, looking for his last chance at glory.

The Russia House, The Fledgling Spy, The Spy Who Came of Age and The Spy in His Prime by John le Carre are all available from Random House AudioBooks.

About the Author:

New York Times bestselling author John le Carré (A Delicate Truth and Spy Who Came in from the Cold) was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0340554460
• ISBN 13: 9780340554463
• Binding: Paperback