John Le Carre

During the Second World War, the Departmnet made a name for itself, running agents and missions behind enemy lines. Twenty years on, it is obselete, run down and in fear of its very existence when the suspicious death of an agent in Finalnd and the loss of some vital film bring a stay of execution. Convinced that they have stumbled on an...

Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who owns a peninsula and a diamond-encrusted gold watch. He also has a tattoo on his right thumb, and wants a game of...

The Cold War is at its most chill. Alec Leamas, a seasoned British Intelligence officer whose entire East German network has been arrested or shot, leaves West Berlin for London, believing his career is over. But his master, Control, knows that Leamas is good for a last mission: one that will allow him to take his revenge on the ruthless East...

A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse round his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa. Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's...

Aldo Cassidy, człowiek sukcesu i szanowany obywatel, zostaje nagle wyrwany z szarej codzienności. Spotkanie z ekscentrycznym artystą i jego żoną, uwodzicielską kobietą o magnetyzującym spojrzeniu, odkrywa przed nim nieuświadomioną wcześniej stronę własnej osobowości. Wciągnięty w świat zamętu i niekontrolowanej brawury staje się człowiekiem...