John Le Carre
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse— a desk job— Control offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service—...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author John le CarrE earned a reputation as a master of the spy thriller with works such as Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy. Le CarrE's first novel to feature the iconic character George Smiley, Call for the Dead follows the Circus agent as he interviews Samuel Fennan, an accused member of the Communist Party. Though Smiley finds no evidence against Fennan, the man is found dead the next day from an apparent suicide. Looking...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
John le CarrE has earned worldwide acclaim with extraordinary spy novels, including The Russia House, an unequivocal classic. Navigating readers through the shadow worlds of international espionage with critical knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le CarrE tracks the dark and devastating trail of a document that could profoundly alter the course of world events. In Moscow, a sheaf of military secrets changes hands. If it arrives...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Cold War is over and Ned has been demoted to the training academy. He asks his old mentor, George Smiley, to address his passing-out class. There are no laundered reminiscences; Smiley speaks the truth - perhaps the last the students will ever hear. As they listen, Ned recalls his own painful triumphs and inglorious failures, in a career that took him from the Western Isles of Scotland to Hamburg and from Israel to Cambodia. He asks himself: Did...