A Most Wanted Man

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A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse round his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he He says his name is Issa. Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's survival becomes more important to her than her own career. In pursuit of Issa's mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous Tommy Brue, the sixty-year-old scion of Brue Freres, a failing British bank based in Hamburg. A triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the so-called War on Terror, the spies of three nations converge upon the innocents. Poignant, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A Most Wanted Man is alive with humour, yet prickles with tension until the last heart-stopping page. It is also a work of deep humanity, and uncommon relevance to our times.

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'Le Carr 's eye is undimmed, his passion for his craft as strong as it ever was. He delivers a tale that few could equal and none will surpass.' [Observer on THE MISSION SONG]'This thriller exhibits his familiar strengths: superbly realised characters; a succession of knockout scenes nobody else could produce; and a distinctive ability to fuse social comedy and moral anger ... Mesmerising.' [Sunday Times on THE MISSION SONG]'Nobody writing today manipulates suspense better. Nobody constructs a more tantalisingly complex plot ... essential reading' [Sunday Telegraph on THE CONSTANT GARDENER]'THE MISSION SONG is meticulously researched, and the tricks and tactics of being a top interpreter are convincingly rendered. You're left with the uncomfortable feeling that perhaps politicians, journalists, civil servants and the businessmen really are the lying, amoral bastards portrayed here. Perhaps it isn't only in le Carr 's world, but in the real world too, that we're unwise to believe what we are told.' [Independent on Sunday]'The master storyteller ... has lost none of his cunning' [A. N. Wilson, Daily Mail on THE CONSTANT GARDENER]

Author Bio

John le Carre was born in 1931. His recent novels include ABSOLUTE FRIENDS, THE MISSION SONG and THE CONSTANT GARDENER which was turned into an Oscar-winning film. A MOST WANTED MAN is his twenty-first novel. THE NAIVE AND SENTIMENTAL LOVER, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, SMILEY'S PEOPLE, A PERFECT SPY, THE RUSSIA HOUSE, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, A SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY, THE NIGHT MANAGER, OUR GAME, SINGLE & SINGLE, THE SECRET PILGRIM, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, THE LOOKING GLASS WAR, THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, A MURDER OF QUALITY, CALL FOR THE DEAD, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, ABSOLUTE FRIENDS, THE MISSION SONG