3.6
The Night Manager
With the end of the Cold War, le Carre leads us into a new world of espionage where the habits and rules forged by past generations of spies are put to more shocking use: the international cartel of illegal arms dealers and drug smugglers.
Rich and elegant, British arms merchant Richard Onslow Roper arrives at a posh Zurich hotel where Jonathan Pine, a former military intelligence officer, is night manager. Pine's attempts to bring Roper to justice take us from one continent to another, from one hair-raising encounter to another. "le Carre's sense of character and command of dialogue remain remarkably sure throughout as he speeds through a plot of labyrinthine complexity." (The Economist)
Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseThrillers & SuspenseSpies & PoliticsSuspense
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERBooks on Tape, Inc.
LANGUAGEEN
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré was a British Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer",he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, due to his strong disapproval of Brexit, he took out Irish citizenship, which was possible due to his having an Irish grandparent. Le Carré's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller, was adapted as an award-winning film, and remains one of his best-known works. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author.[4] His novels which have been adapted for film or television include The Looking Glass War (1965), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974, 2011), Smiley's People (1979), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), The Constant Gardener (2001), A Most Wanted Man (2008) and Our Kind of Traitor (2010). Philip Roth said that A Perfect Spy (1986) was "the best English novel since the war".
3.6
The Night Manager
With the end of the Cold War, le Carre leads us into a new world of espionage where the habits and rules forged by past generations of spies are put to more shocking use: the international cartel of illegal arms dealers and drug smugglers.
Rich and elegant, British arms merchant Richard Onslow Roper arrives at a posh Zurich hotel where Jonathan Pine, a former military intelligence officer, is night manager. Pine's attempts to bring Roper to justice take us from one continent to another, from one hair-raising encounter to another. "le Carre's sense of character and command of dialogue remain remarkably sure throughout as he speeds through a plot of labyrinthine complexity." (The Economist)
Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseThrillers & SuspenseSpies & PoliticsSuspense
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERBooks on Tape, Inc.
LANGUAGEEN
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré was a British Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer",he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, due to his strong disapproval of Brexit, he took out Irish citizenship, which was possible due to his having an Irish grandparent. Le Carré's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller, was adapted as an award-winning film, and remains one of his best-known works. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author.[4] His novels which have been adapted for film or television include The Looking Glass War (1965), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974, 2011), Smiley's People (1979), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), The Constant Gardener (2001), A Most Wanted Man (2008) and Our Kind of Traitor (2010). Philip Roth said that A Perfect Spy (1986) was "the best English novel since the war".
