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A Perfect Spy

John le Carré

  • 576 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 1986
  • 23 editions
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1 About this book

Magnus Pym, ranking diplomat, has vanished, believed defected. The chase is on: for a missing husband, a devoted father, and a secret agent. Pym's life, it is revealed, is entirely made up of secrets.

Good for readers who want: spy fiction, a mystery, and a long read.

  • Spy stories
  • Mystery
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Fathers and sons
  • Defectors
  • Missing persons
  • Intelligence service
  • Secret service

2 About John le Carré

1931–2020

David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), known by his pen name John le Carré ( lə-KARR-ay), was an English author. Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television. He has been described as a "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", and is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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