Front Cover |
Book Details |
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Genre |
Fiction |
Subject |
Publishers and publishing |
Publication Date |
1989 |
Format |
Hardcover (9.8
mm)
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Publisher |
Knopf |
Language |
English |
Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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Description |
From premier spy novelist John le Carre, a magnificent thriller, a love story and an ethical puzzle for our time.
We are in the third year of perestroika and glasnost. The place is Moscow. The man is Barley; a derelict, English publisher with a passion for jazz and a penchant for booze, who visits the Moscow Book Fair.
The woman is Katya: a beautiful Russian with a mission to mankind and access to some of the hottest defense intelligence to come out of the Soviet Union in years. It source: a disillusioned and desperate Russian physicist who wants Barley to publish the secrets . . but the British Secret Service and the CIA have other ideas. |
Personal Details |
Rating |
0 |
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Product Details |
LoC Classification |
PR6062.E33R87 1989 |
Dewey |
823/.914 |
ISBN |
0394577892 |
Edition |
Book Club Edition |
Cover Price |
$19.95 |
No. of Pages |
353 |
First Edition |
No |
Rare |
No |
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