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Spionromanens ubestridte mester vender tilbage med en ny koldkrigsroman - den første med George Smiley i mere end 25 år. John le Carré fletter fortid med nutid og spinder et plot lige så indviklet ogfascinerende som i de to forløbere, Spionen, der kom ind
'With A Delicate Truth , le Carré has in a sense come home. And it's a splendid homecoming . . . the novel is the most satisfying, subtle and compelling of his recent oeuvre' The Times A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife , is being
The classic Cold War thriller, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for
'One of his most enthralling creations' Daily Telegraph Broke and working as a tour guide in Germany, rootless Englishman Ted Mundy catches a glimpse of an old friend hiding in the shadows. A friend he thought was lost to him. A friend who took hi
'Mesmerising' Sunday Times As an interpreter of African languages, Bruno Salvador is much in demand. He makes it a principle to remain neutral - no matter what he hears. But when he is summoned on a secret job for British Intelligence, he is told
'An adventure that takes us to the ends of the earth via the rich but often barren landscape of the human heart' The Times Why was an English lawyer shot dead in Turkey by his firm's top client? How can a down-at-heel magician in Devon explain
'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily Telegraph An apparent suicide. A deepening mystery. A letter from a dead man... Secret agent George Smiley is in trouble. A Foreign Office civil s
In John le Carré's electrifying novel Our Kind of Traitor , innocents abroad are drawn into the darkest recesses of the financial world. Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an o
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER PICKS 'Le Carré at his finest' Mick Herron, Guardian Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a coupl
'Splendid ... le Carré shows how endowed he is with the gift of storytelling' The Times Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears luxurious clothes. But his soothing existence is upended when
John le Carrés ikoniske koldkrigsroman fra 1963. Alec Leamas er leder af den britiske efterretningstjeneste i Berlin og ser med egne øjne sin sidste agent blive likvideret ved Muren. Leamas er en sand professionel, en mester i den livsfarlige metier, styr
Julian Lawndsley har opgivet sit prestigefyldte job i London og har slået sig ned som boghandler i en lille engelsk kystby. Men en aften, kun et par måneder efter karriereskiftet, får Julian besøg. Edward, en polsk emigrant, der bor i Sølvblik, det store
John le Carré - den 87-årige mesterskribent, spiongenrens grand old man - leverer med Fri agent endnu en spændende og højaktuel roman om den engelske spiontjeneste. Scenen er sat i London 2018.Vores ene hovedperson er Nat, en midaldrende agent på retræte.
From the master of spy thrillers, John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a gripping story of love and betrayal at the height of the Cold War. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an afterword by the author and an introduction by
Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service
'Brilliant, unforgettable ... a masterpiece' New Statesman West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than fort
A Cold War thriller from the master of spy fiction, John le Carré's The Looking Glass War is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war, published in Penguin Modern Classics. When the Department - f
The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carré's masterful creation George Smiley. After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan ap
Le Carré's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers
”The Tailor of Panama” af John Le Carre er en nådesløs satire om spionage i et korrupt univers uden helte af ære. Harry Pendel er en charmerende og fabulerende skrædder for Panamas elite, som elsker at fortælle historier. En dag møder Harry de
'One of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published' Guardian An illegal Muslim immigrant arrives in Hamburg with a traumatic past and the key to a fortune held in a private bank. He says his name is Issa. To the
Brought to you by Penguin.THE FIRST GEORGE SMILEY NOVELAfter a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the death, he begins his own inve
'A brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' Evening Standard 'Vintage le Carré. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carré exercised his gift as a storytelle
All cats are alike in the dark. For the first time ever, a novel by John le Carré is brought to life in a thrilling stage adaptation by award-winning playwright David Eldridge ( Beginning , Middle & End ). Alec Leamas is ready to come in from the cold but
The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carre's bestselling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh
'The British spy thriller at its unputdownable best' Observer SELECTED FOR BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS ________________________________ Nat, a veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, thinks his years as an agent runner are over. But MI6
John le Carre's first post-glasnost spy novel, The Russia House captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command them Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a s
THE FIRST GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the death, he begins his own investigation, meeting Fennan
THE SIXTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky
The eighth of John le Carré's espionage novels to feature his most enduring and well-loved character, George Smiley, and a gripping feat of narrative brilliance, The Secret Pilgrim is published in Penguin Modern Classics with an afterword by the autho
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. John le Carr 's new novel, Agent Running in the Field , is coming October 2019. Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devo
'The book breathes life, anger and excitement' Observer Tessa Quayle, a brilliant and beautiful young social activist, has been found brutally murdered by Lake Turkana in Nairobi. The rumours are that she was faithless, careless, but her husband J
The concluding part of John le Carré's celebrated Karla Trilogy, Smiley's People sees the last confrontation between the indefatigable spymaster George Smiley and his great enemy, as their rivalry comes to a shattering end. A Soviet defector has b
'A stunning story' Wall Street Journal A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of re
The Sunday Times number one bestseller. 'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I&
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. John le Carr 's new novel, Agent Running in the Field , is coming October 2019. "A novel that beckons us beyond any and all expectations."--Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Pos
WATCH THE NEW SERIES OF THE NIGHT MANAGER ON IPLAYER In The Night Manager , John le Carré's first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers. 'Le Carré is the equal of any nove
In the second part of John le Carré's Karla Trilogy, the battle of wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary takes on an even more dangerous dimension. George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reput
'Wonderful' The New York Times Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous 'theatre
'The best English novel since the war' Philip Roth Magnus Pym - ranking diplomat, consummate Englishman, loving husband, secret agent - has vanished. Has he defected? Gone to ground? As the hunt for Pym intensifies, the secrets of his life are rev
Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage series A Russian mole has infiltrated the British establishment - and the spymaster Smiley must dig them out... George Smiley, formerly of the Secret Intelligence Service, is contemplating his new life in retir
WATCH THE NEW SERIES OF THE NIGHT MANAGER ON IPLAYER To catch a criminal, he must become one Jonathan Pine, night manager of a luxury Swiss hotel, has a secret. He knows that the guest he awaits, billionaire trader Richard Roper, is the worst man in the w
Ud over at være en "djævelsk spændende og durkdreven historie", som pressen skrev ved udgivelsen i 1993, er det Natportieren , som danske Susanne Bier i instruktørstolen -en BBCtv-serie med international release i 2016. Den tidligere britiske so
Dimas drøm er e ndnu en flot, international thriller fra Johnle Carrés hånd,og med vanlig samfundsmæssig skarphed sætter han denne gang fokus¨på hvidvask af mafiapenge. To unge elskende er på deres liv ferie på en ø midt i Det caribiske Hav. Han er en pop
Le Carrés berømte hovedperson George Smiley er blevet udmanøvreret af efterretningstjenesten, men man har hentet ham tilbage, fordi en underagent i Hong Kong ved et tilfælde løber ind i en fantastisk historie. Russerne har en mand, en muldvarp, placeret i
The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carr?'s masterful creation George Smiley. "Go back to Whitehall and look for more spies on your drawing boards."
John le Carré's second novel is an ingenious puzzle featuring his best-loved character George Smiley. Now available in a collector's hardback edition. Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wron
West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the Foreign Office mus
Le Carré's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers
'Mesmerising' Sunday Times As an interpreter of African languages, Bruno Salvador is much in demand. He makes it a principle to remain neutral - no matter what he hears. But when he is summoned on a secret job for British Intelligence, he is told
'One of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published' Guardian An illegal Muslim immigrant arrives in Hamburg with a traumatic past and the key to a fortune held in a private bank. He says his name is Issa. To the
'Splendid ... le Carré shows how endowed he is with the gift of storytelling' The Times Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears luxurious clothes. But his soothing existence is upended when
In John le Carré's electrifying novel Our Kind of Traitor , innocents abroad are drawn into the darkest recesses of the financial world. Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an o
'With A Delicate Truth , le Carré has in a sense come home. And it's a splendid homecoming . . . the novel is the most satisfying, subtle and compelling of his recent oeuvre' The Times A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife , is being
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING MEMOIR OF SPY-WRITING LEGEND JOHN LE CARR É 'As recognizable a writer as Dickens or Austen' Financial Times From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer, John le
'A brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' Evening Standard 'Vintage le Carré. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carré exercised his gift as a storytelle
A beautiful 60th anniversary special edition of the first George Smiley novel, now with a new introduction by John le Carré After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus hea
John le Carré was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors, politicians and public figures - reveals the playfully intelligent and unfailingly eloquent man behind the penna
An instant New York Times bestseller! In his last completed novel, John le Carr? turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years--the secret world itself. "[Le Carr?] was often considered one of the finest novelists, p
'An adventure that takes us to the ends of the earth via the rich but often barren landscape of the human heart' The Times Why was an English lawyer shot dead in Turkey by his firm's top client? How can a down-at-heel magician in Devon explain
'A stunning story' Wall Street Journal A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of re
From the master of spy thrillers, John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a gripping story of love and betrayal at the height of the Cold War, published as a beautiful Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time Alec Leamas is
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; Our Kind of Traitor; now a miniseries on AMC starring Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon, and Florence Pugh. "You want to catch the lion, first you tether the goat."
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies and The Night Manager , now an AMC miniseries With the Cold War fought and won, British spymaster Tim Cranmer accepts early retirement to rural England and a new life with his alluring you
The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by New York Times bestselling author John le Carr , one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time. The novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of Te
John le Carrés "Sølvblik" er en fortættet thriller om spionage og moral i en lille uanende engelsk kystby. Julian Lawndsley har sagt farvel til sit prestigiøse job i London, og har nu etableret en boghandel i en kystby langt væk fra storb
"Spioners arv" er en historie fuld af spænding, humor og moralsk ambivalens, der præsenterer læseren for en parade af uforglemmelige figurer - gamle såvel som nye. Peter Guillam, George Smileys elev og loyale kollega fra den britiske efterretnin
”Fri agent” er skrevet af den 87-årige mesterforfatter, John le Carré, og tager fat på den højaktuelle politiske situation netop nu. I London 2018 er den midaldrende agent, Nat, på retræte mens den unge, ranglede Ed slås med det politis
John le Carre was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors, politicians and public figures - reveals the playfully intelligent and unfailingly eloquent man behind the penna
An archive of letters written by the late John le Carr?, giving readers access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our time The never-before-seen correspondance of John le Carr?, one of the most important novelists of our generation
A pursuit to solve a murder; a satire on the Etonian ruling class; an espionage thriller of plots and counter-plots; a devilish drama behind East German lines; a deadly hunt for a Soviet mole; a high-risk operation in South East Asia; a final showdown bet