A most wanted man : a novel / John Le Carré.
A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa. Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's survival becomes more important to her than her own career -- or safety. In pursuit of Issa's mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous Tommy Brue, the sixty-year-old scion of Brue Frères, a failing British bank based in Hamburg. Annabel, Issa and Brue form an unlikely alliance -- and a triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the "War on Terror," the rival spies of Germany, England and America converge upon the innocents. Thrilling, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A Most Wanted Man is a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416594888
- ISBN: 1416594884
- Physical Description: 323 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edition
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2008.
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| Subject: | Intelligence officers > Fiction. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Fiction. Germany > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Spy fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | F LECARRE (Text) | 33114015885924 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/20/2025 |
| Statesville Main Library | F LECARRE (Text) | 33114016256471 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
