Like. “I wished I could make them throw everything over for a flawed and impossible passion, only to see the objective it turn against them, proving there is no reward for love except the experience of loving and nothing to be learned by it except humility.”. ― John le Carré, The Secret Pilgrim: A George Smiley bltadwin.ru by: Publisher's Summary. After the Berlin Wall comes down and opens up new changes in Eastern Europe, John le Carre's stunning novel, The Secret Pilgrim, takes us behind the scenes into the former Cold War world. Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace. · THE SECRET PILGRIM. by John le Carré ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 14, Chippings from a master's chisel: ten short stories and an epilogue artfully disguised as a novel of post-glasnost reminiscences of espionage, all showing le Carre at his most nervously relaxed. Grand old man George Smiley agrees to address narrator Ned York's graduating class at Sarratt; his urbanely pointed Author: Kirkus Reviews.
The last of John le Carré's espionage novels to feature his most enduring and well-loved character, George Smiley, and a gripping feat of narrative brilliance, The Secret Pilgrim is published in Penguin Modern Classics with an afterword by the author. The Cold War is over and Ned has been demoted to the training academy. The Secret Pilgrim by John Le Carre. Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. The Secret Pilgrim Le Carre, John Publisher: Knopf, NY Date published: Format: HardcoverThis Novel Is For The 1st Editions 1st Printing Collector. Full Number Line, Spine Is Tight Crisp. Boards Are Flat, Corners Are Square No Bumps. Pages Clear, Clean, Unmarked And Bright White. No Underlining. No Wrinkles No Creases. No Remainder.
John le Carré was born in After attending the universities of Bern and Oxford, he taught at Eton and spent five years in the British Foreign Service. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, his third book, secured him a worldwide reputation. He divides his time between England and the Continent. Publisher's Summary. After the Berlin Wall comes down and opens up new changes in Eastern Europe, John le Carre's stunning novel, The Secret Pilgrim, takes us behind the scenes into the former Cold War world. Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace. THE SECRET PILGRIM. by John le Carré ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 14, Chippings from a master's chisel: ten short stories and an epilogue artfully disguised as a novel of post-glasnost reminiscences of espionage, all showing le Carre at his most nervously relaxed. Grand old man George Smiley agrees to address narrator Ned York's graduating class at Sarratt; his urbanely pointed remarks serve as the text for each of the retrospective anecdotes that follow.
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