The Naive and Sentimental Lover: John Le Carré (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Naive and Sentimental Lover: John Le Carré (Penguin Modern Classics)

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

Synopsis

'Splendid ... le Carre shows how endowed he is with the gift of storytelling' The Times Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears luxurious clothes. But his soothing existence is upended when he meets Shamus and Helen - a dazzling, bohemian couple who are everything he is not. As he is drawn into their reckless and unpredictable orbit, all that Cassidy thought he understood about his orderly life begins to unravel. Told with le Carre's lacerating wit and penetrating observation, The Naive and Sentimental Lover is an acerbic satire of middle-class hypocrisies. 'Le Carre is the equal of any novelist now writing' Guardian

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Sep 2018

ISBN 10: 0241322448
ISBN 13: 9780241322444
Book Overview: Le CarrU's singular story of a cautious man plunged into recklessness, 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.