Description

• First Printing [Heinemann, London, 1968]; octavo; x, 306pp; burgundy cloth, gold titling to spine, a little bumped on spine ends, residue mark on front board, an excellent copy; in like, price-clipped dustjacket, top edge slightly ruffled.
• Le Carré’s fifth novel [and first to follow his career-defining The Spy Who Came In From The Cold & it’s “sequel” The Looking-Glass War]
• Classic “Send a Spy to Catch a Spy” tale with enforcer Alan Turner searching Europe for an experienced Foreign Office Secretary who has gone missing, together with some very sensitive files
• ISBN: 434 10930 4 / 0434109304