Описание
John le Carre's first post-glasnost spy novel, The Russia House captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command them.
Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to haunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. Both are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if the human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries...
Характеристики
Основные
- Дата выпуска 2020
- Количество страниц 440
- Артикул 150023
Дополнительные
- Размер (мм) 200x130x40
- Цвет Голубой
- Тип бумаги Офсетная бумага
- Вес (г) 400
- Тип переплёта 7Б - твердая (плотная бумага или картон)
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