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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9781416594888 ISBN: 1416594884 Label: Scribner Manufacturer: Scribner Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: October 07, 2008 Publisher: Scribner Studio: Scribner Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Taut and concise characters and storyOn the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I woke up and dug right into John Le Carre's latest: A Most Wanted Man. Wonderful, taunt, without "Bourne Conspiracy" chases, but with plenty of tension. I was forced to stop at page 272 of a 322-page book in order to prepare for my return from vacation. The forced stop allowed me time to realize that Le Carre's prose is never overblown but is always precisely descriptive. Some writers, as they age, go on and on, making the books fatter and fatter. This book ... Read More Rating:  - A word about the ending (with spoilers) . . .At its very end A Most Wanted Man may not be written carefully enough to remain convincing, once it has arrived at the inner world and motivations of 'Newt,' the devil-bearded C.I.A. operative who is on the scene outside the bank to explain to Bachmann the decision to seize (and 'render,' and torture) Dr. Abdullah and Issa Karpov. What makes the problem worse is that absolutely everything leading up to Newt's monologue is fantastic--right down to having the kidnapping van crash into Bachmann's 'taxi' ... Read More Rating:  - Hardly his bestWell-written in most places, but... The characters (especially the Americans) are cardboard cutouts, the plot plods along toward an all-too-predictable ending which you can see coming from miles away, and it has been done before - by le Carre himself in The Honourable Schoolboy. Sad to see a master stylist in decline. Rating: - Le Carre Misses The Cold WarUnfortunately, John Le Carre has as many problems with modern asymmetrical warfare as do European and American intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Thankfully, his problems are limited to the literary world. There is much missing from Le Carre's classic Cold War novels. He is also up against a very formidable spy novel standard; his own, established in his previous novels. A young abused Chechen immigrant named Issa Karpov arrives illegally in Hamburg. He has traveled to Hamburg ... Read More Rating: - I want to like this book butJohn Le Carre was the true master of the Cold War spy novel. Beginning with The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, and contining thorough the Smiley novels, Le Carre has been synonymous with the inner spy, the brooding, betrayed spook who is both entrepreneurial and bureaucratic as the dangerous game is played out. For years I have wondered, who is the new Le Carre? Sadly, it is not Le Carre.It is not for want of talent or imagination, because this book displays his prodigious talent. It is just ... Read More 
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