Absolute Friends

Absolute Friends

by JohnLeCarre (Author), JohnLeCarre (Author), JohnleCarré (Author)

Synopsis

ABSOLUTE FRIENDS is a superbly paced novel spanning fifty-six years, a theatrical masterstroke of tragi-comic writing, and a savage fable of our times, almost of our hours.

The friends of the title are Ted Mundy, British soldier's son born 1947 in a shining new independent Pakistan, and Sasha, refugee son of an East German Lutheran pastor and his wife who have sought sanctuary in the West.

The two men meet first as students in riot-torn West Berlin of the late Sixties, again in the grimy looking-glass of Cold War espionage and, most terribly, in today's unipolar world of terror, counter-terror and the war of lies.

Deriving its scale from A PERFECT SPY and its passion from THE CONSTANT GARDENER, Le Carre's new novel presents us with magical writing, characters to delight, and a spellbinding story that enchants even as it challenges.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
Publisher: Coronet
Published: 01 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0340832908
ISBN 13: 9780340832905
Book Overview: The eagerly awaited new novel by 'the essential voice of our time' (Daily Telegraph). Thrilling, topical and provocative.

Media Reviews
Angry, pessimistic and deeply romantic * Joan Smith, Independent *
The master has not lost his touch ... one of his most enthralling creations. * A.N. Wilson, Telegraph *
No reader, whatever his politics, could fail to be moved by the passion and intelligence of le Carre's lastest. * Publishers Weekly *
ABSOLUTE FRIENDS is classic le Carre and that means fiction of a very high order * Roy Hattersley, Independent on Sunday *
We need only to read the first page of ABSOLUTE FRIENDS to know that once again we are in the accomplished hands of a master storyteller * P.D. James, Mail on Sunday *
Few could fail to be thrilled by the unbridled rage that fuels his storytelling. * Robert McCrum, Observer *
A literary master for a generation * Observer *
le Carre brings the thriller face to face with contemporary politics and, in the process has once again demonstrated his mastery of his chosen genre * Robert McCrum, Observer *
This is vintage John le Carre * The Times *
Author Bio
John le Carre was born in 1931. He attended the universities of Bern and Oxford and later taught at Eton. He spent five years in the British Foreign Service.