The Looking-Glass War
by Le Carre, John (Pseud. David John Moore Cornwell.)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.UK Ed... 'Snow covered the airfield. It had come from the north, in the mist, driven by the night wind, smelling of the sea. There it would say all Winter, threadbare on the grey earth, an icy, sharp dust; not thawing and freezing, but static like a year without seasons. The changing mist, like the smoke of war, would hang over it, swallow up now a hangar, now the radar hut, now the machines; release them piece by piece, drained of colour, black carrion on a white desert . . Neat copy of UK first edition but lacking the dj.
Synopsis
"You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous." It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department's younger member and its last hope. Charged with handling Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole left over from the War, Avery must infiltrate the East and restore his masters' former glory. John le Carre's The Looking Glass War is a scorching portrayal of misplaced loyalties and innocence lost. With an introduction by the author.
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038820
- Title
- The Looking-Glass War
- Author
- Le Carre, John (Pseud. David John Moore Cornwell.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st.UK Ed..
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- ESPIONAGE FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Espionage;
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