A Toupeira

by John le Carré

Overview

O primeiro livro da trilogia de Smiley, a série que o tornou famoso em todo o mundo e consagrou John le Carré como um dos grandes mestres da literatura de espionagem. Smiley e a sua gente deparam-se com um extraordinário desafio: uma toupeira - um agente duplo dos soviéticos - conseguiu infiltrar-se e ascender ao mais elevado nível dos Serviços Secretos britânicos. A sua traição comprometeu já algumas operações vitais e as melhores redes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789722051033
Publisher:	D. QUIXOTE
Publication date:	09/25/2012
Sold by:	Grupos Editorial Leya
Format:	eBook
File size:	905 KB
Language:	Portuguese

About the Author

John le Carré (1931-2020), the pen name for David John Moore Cornwell, was a British author whose espionage novels set the standard for the genre. During the 1950s and '60s, he worked for the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels under a pen name. His third book, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international bestseller. Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author. Many of his novels have been adapted for film.