{"product_id":"the-looking-glass-war-john-le-carre","title":"The Looking Glass War (John Le Carré)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Cold War thriller from the master of spy fiction, John le Carré's \u003ci\u003eThe Looking Glass War\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war, published in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Department - faded since the war and busy only with bureaucratic battles - hears rumour of a missile base near the West German border, it seems like the perfect opportunity to regain some political standing in the Intelligence market place. The Cold War is at its height and the Department is dying for a piece of the action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwiftly becoming carried away by fear and pride, the Department and her officers send deactivated agent Fred Leiser back into East Germany, armed only with some schoolboy training and his memories of the war. In the land of eloquent silence that is Communist East Germany, Leiser's fate becomes inseparable from the Department's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Looking Glass War\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like le Carré's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A devastating and tragic record of human, not glamour, spies' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A book of rare and great power' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn le Carré\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1931. For six decades, he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the University of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence (MI5 \u0026amp; 6). He published his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCall for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy, \u003ci\u003eTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Honourable Schoolboy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmiley's People\u003c\/i\u003e. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Pigeon Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, \u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 2017. He died on 12 December 2020. His posthumous novel, \u003ci\u003eSilverview,\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66094476198237,"sku":"K029947804","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2994780400001A.jpg?v=1790838666","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-looking-glass-war-john-le-carre","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}