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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394530152
ISBN-139780394530154
eBay Product ID (ePID)178297
Product Key Features
Book TitleLittle Drummer Girl
Number of Pages430 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1983
TopicThrillers / Espionage
GenreNon-Classifiable, Fiction
AuthorJohn Le Carré
Book SeriesGeorge Smiley Novels Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight28 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN82-048733
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisJohn le Carre has earned worldwide acclaim with novels that navigate the shadow worlds of espionage. In "The Little Drummer Girl," one of his most enduring works, le Carre took leave of the Circus, George Smiley, and all his people, and presented instead an original canvas that remains, two decades later, stunningly fresh and topical. It was then, and is now, a thrilling, moving, and courageous novel of Middle Eastern intrigue.Charlie is a promiscuous, unsuccessful, English actress in her twenties. Vacationing on the Greek island of Mykonos with friends, she longs for commitment. But to what? To whom? Intrigued by a handsome, solitary bather, Charlie finds herself lured into the "theatre of the real." For the mysterious man is Kurtz, an embattled Israeli intelligence officer out to stop the bombing of Jews in Europe. Forced to play her most challenging role, Charlie is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist...and soon proves herself a double agent of the highest order., John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow world's of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. In this thrilling and though-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young English actress, is lured into "the theatre of the real" by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist.
John le Carre is one of the all time best mystery/political intrigue/thriller authors. I start reading one of his books, and it is hard for me to put it down. Great book, good price. Thank you.