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.
