The Little Drummer Girl: Now a BBC series (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Little Drummer Girl: Now a BBC series (Penguin Modern Classics)

by JohnleCarré (Author), John le Carré (Author)

Synopsis

'Wonderful' The New York Times Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous 'theatre of the real'. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to trap and kill a Palestinian terrorist, it threatens to consume her. Set in the tragic arena of the Middle East conflict, this compelling story of love and torn loyalties plays out against the backdrop of an unwinnable war. 'The Little Drummer Girl is about spies as Madame Bovary is about adultery or Crime and Punishment about crime' The New York Times

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 656
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Sep 2018

ISBN 10: 0241322375
ISBN 13: 9780241322376
Book Overview: Enthralling and thought-provoking, The Little Drummer Girl is le CarrU's only spy novel set in the Middle East, and is now published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.

Author Bio
John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. His recent novels include A Most Wanted Man, Our Kind of Traitor and A Delicate Truth.