The Little Drummer Girl: A Novel

Le Carre, John

ISBN 10: 1611760917 ISBN 13: 9781611760910

Publisher: Penguin Audio, 2012

Synopsis

 

On holiday in Mykonos, Charlie wants only sunny days and a brief escape from England’s bourgeois dreariness. Then a handsome stranger lures the aspiring actress away from her pals—but his intentions are far from romantic. Joseph is an Israeli intelligence officer, and Charlie has been wooed to flush out the leader of a Palestinian terrorist group responsible for a string of deadly bombings. Still uncertain of her own allegiances, she debuts in the role of a lifetime as a double agent in the “theatre of the real.”

Haunting and deeply atmospheric, John le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl is a virtuoso performance and a powerful examination of morality and justice.

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About the Author

John le Carr 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. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a world wide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smileys People. His recent novels include The Constant Gardener, Absolute Friends, The Mission Song, A Most Wanted Man, and Our Kind of Traitor. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.

Review

“A work of enormous power and artistry; no mere ‘entertainment’...but fiction on a grand scale.”—The Washington Post   “An irresistible book...Charlie is the ultimate double agent.”—The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Audio
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1611760917
• ISBN 13: 9781611760910
• Binding: Audio CD