The Looking Glass War: A George Smiley Novel by John Le Carre Paperback Book

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Author: John Le Carre

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: Feb 2013

Genre: Fiction - Espionage

Retail Price: $17.00

Ages: 18 - UP

Pages: 304

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department's younger member and its last hope. Charged with handling Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole left over from the War, Avery must infiltrate the East and restore his masters' former glory.
Darkly compelling and brutally Machiavellian, The Looking Glass War is a stunning accomplishment by one of today's most remarkable and enduring literary writers.

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