# A Perfect Spy - Paperback

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by **John Le Carré** (Author)

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"The best English novel since the war." -- Philip Roth  
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Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend--and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus?

In _A Perfect Spy_, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage.

### Author Biography

John le Carré was born in 1931. For six decades, he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a con man, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence (MI5&6). He published his debut novel, _Call for the Dead_, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, _The Honourable Schoolboy_, and _Smiley's People_. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, _The Pigeon Tunnel_, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, _A Legacy of Spies_, appeared in 2017. He died on December 12, 2020.

**Number of Pages:** 624

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** July 20, 2011

## Details

- **Price:** 26.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Classics, Espionage, Fiction, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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