Synopses & Reviews
“The Soviet knight is dying inside his armour.” “Glasnost” is on everyone’s lips, but the rules of the game haven’t changed for either side. When a beautiful Russian woman foists off a manuscript on an unwitting bystander at the Moscow Book Fair, it’s a miracle that she flies under the Soviets’ radar. Or does she? The woman’s source (codename: Bluebird) will trust only Barley Blair, a whiskey-soaked gentleman publisher with a poet’s heart. Coerced by British and American Intelligence, Blair journeys to Moscow to determine whether Bluebird’s manuscript contains the truth—or the darkest of fictions.
At once poignant and suspenseful, John le Carré’s The Russia House is a captivating saga of lives caught in the crosshairs of history.
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“Thrilling in every imaginable way.”
People
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“Thrilling in every imaginable way.”—
People “A plot of commanding suspense…The Russia House is both afire and thought-provoking, a thriller that demands a second reading.”—Time
Synopsis
The Soviet knight is dying inside his armour.
Glasnost is on everyone s lips, but the rules of the game haven t changed for either side. When a beautiful Russian woman foists off a manuscript on an unwitting bystander at the Moscow Book Fair, it s a miracle that she flies under the Soviets radar. Or does she? The woman s source (codename: Bluebird) will trust only Barley Blair, a whiskey-soaked gentleman publisher with a poet s heart. Coerced by British and American Intelligence, Blair journeys to Moscow to determine whether Bluebird s manuscript contains the truth or the darkest of fictions.
At once poignant and suspenseful, John le Carre s The Russia House is a captivating saga of lives caught in the crosshairs of history.
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About the Author
John le Carré, the pseudonym for David Cornwell, was a member of the British Foreign Service from 1959 to 1964. His third novel,
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, became a worldwide bestseller. He has written twenty-two novels, which have been published in thirty-six languages. Many of his books have been made into films, including
The Constant Gardener,
The Russia House,
The Little Drummer Girl, and
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy.
Michael Jayston is a highly regarded British actor, having appeared in numerous films, among them Cromwell, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Zulu Dawn, and Nicholas and Alexandra. His many television credits include The Royal, Doctors, Emmerdale, Murder in Suburbia, and Only Fools and Horses, while on stage he has been seen in Henry V and Hamlet, as well as Private Lives and The Rivals.