A Delicate Truth - Signed - First Edition

John Le Carré

ISBN 10: 067092279X / ISBN 13: 9780670922796

Published by Viking, 2013

About this Item

First Impression of the first Waterstones edition. Signed by author John Le Carré on the title page. Includes a five page introduction by the author. Dust jacked in near fine condition minimal bumping to the edges, boards clean, not price clipped or faded. Book in near fine condition some bumping to the edges of the spine, corners square, some marks on the boards. A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony, Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, and a private defence contractor who is also his close friend. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's Private Secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it.Suspecting a disastrous conspiracy, Toby attempts to forestall it, but is promptly posted overseas. Three years on, summoned by Sir Christopher Probyn, retired British diplomat, to his decaying Cornish manor house, and closely watched by Probyn's daughter Emily, Toby must choose between his conscience and his duty to the Service.If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, how can he keep silent?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Delicate Truth - Signed - First Edition
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067092279X
• ISBN 13: 9780670922796
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Hardcover. Dust jacket has a little minor edge-wear. 'As heard on BBC Radio 4' sticker near upper inner corner of front jacket. Noticeable bumping and creasing to hardcover spine head. Minor bumping to upper leading corner of rear board. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. AF

About the Author

"New York Times"-bestselling author John le Carre ("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.