| 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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