John Le Carré is the pen name for author, "David John Moore Cornwell". He is best known for his espionage & spy novels.
In Le Carre's book, "A Perfect Spy", a key character and secret agent, Magnus Pym has disappeared. Has he defected? Gone to ground? or something more sinister ? This book is described by Le Carre as his most autobiographical novel, with references to people he has loved and betrayed, the unreliable con-man father who made him; and the two mentors who moulded and shaped him into a spy.
In a Perfect Spy, Le Carr'e portrays a man who has played different roles for so long, he no longer knows who he is.
Reviews of "A Perfect Spy":-
- "Without doubt his masterpiece" - The Sunday Times:
- "A first-rate espionage novel, perhaps his best" - The New York Times
John Le Carre's spy novel, "A Perfect Spy" was adapted into a television series on the BBC in 1986.
The first US Edition of "A Perfect Spy" was published by Alfred A. Knopf (New York) on 12 March 1986 (ISBN10: 0394551419). The first UK Edition was published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd on 1 January 1986 (ISBN10: 034038784X). The US and UK editions have different dustjackets.
The Fine Art Hut offers for sale the first Australian edition of "A Perfect Spy", (ISBN10: 034038784X) published in 1986 by Hodder & Stoughton (Australia) Pty Limited.
A Perfect Spy | John Le Carré
Title: A Perfect Spy
Author: John Le Carré
Edition: First Australian Edition | First Impression
Publication Date: 1986
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 463 pages
Dust Cover: Dustjacket design by Howard J Shaw. Photo verso of John Le Carr'e taken on Stephen Cornwell. Dustjacket in very good condition.
Condition: Blue boards with title and author written in silver to spine. Minor foxing to front end paper and edges of some pages. Otherwise, binding tight, no rips, no inscriptions, pages clean. In very good condition.
ISBN: 034038784X
