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The unrivaled master of spy fiction returns with a taut and suspenseful of dirty money and dirtier politics. For nearly half a century, John le Carré's limitless imagination has enthralled millions of readers and moviegoers around the globe. From the cold war to the bitter fruits of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Perry Makepiece: Perry short for Peregrine. Says it all right there. A young Don at Oxford with a mean game of tennis and a desire to do right. Finance of Gail.
- Gail Perkins: Fiance of Perry. Beautiful young barrister and the other half of the protagonist duo. Wrong place at the wrong time. Becomes mother figure to Russian children.
- Dima: Short for Dmitri. Money-launderer to the Russian mafia. Wants to get out of the game.
- Hector Meredith: British Secret Agent
- Luke Weaver: British Secret Agent
- Natasha: Dima's daughter
- Tamara: Dima's wife
- Yvonne: British Secret Agent
- Mark: Australian pro tennis player, who owns a tennis shop at the Antigua hotel
- Billy Boy Matlock: Head of Secretariat, left-hand man to the Chief
- Misha: Dima's disciple
- Katya: Dima's daughter
- Aubrey Longrigg: Billy Matlock's predecessor
- Alexei: Dima's twin son
- Dick: Luke's alias name on Gail and Perry's encrypted phone
- Doolittle: Gail's alias name on Gail and Perry's encrypted phone
- Viktor: Dima's twin son
- Max: The Swiss mountain guide
- Emilio Dell Oro: Italian Swiss national, international socialite, Kremlin power-broker
- Harry: Ollie's alias name on Gail and Perry's encrypted phone
- Milton: Perry's alias name on Gail and Perry's encrypted phone
- Bunny Popham: Jocular lawyer responsible of charges of illegal payments to influence makers
- Madame Mere: Owner of the Hôtel des Deux Anges, and she loves Perry like her own son
- Ambrose: Add a description of this character.
- Tom: Hector's alias name on Gail and Perry's encrypted phone
- Igor: The bodyguard of the Dima's family in Berne
- Nikita
- Olga L'vovna: Tamara's sister
- Barbara: Max's wife
- Ben: Luke's son
- Irina: Dima's daughter
- Adrian: Hector's son
- Jenny: Luke's daughter
- Anni: Barbara's daughter
- Giles De Salis: Leading-edge Westminster lobbyist, influence-broker
- Herr Direktor: Director of the Bellevue Palace Hotel
- Basil Flynn: Director of Studies, Doctor of Law at Oxford
- Eloise: Luke's wife
- Mikhail Arkadievich: International oil and metals trader
- Niki: Dima's baby-faced bodyguard
First Sentence edit
At seven o'clock of a Caribbean morning, on the island of Antigua, one Pregrine Makepiece, otherwise known as Perry, an all around amatuer athlete of distinction and until recently tutor in English literature at a distinguished Oxford college, played three sets of tennis against a muscular, stiff-backed, bald, brown-eyed Russian man of dignified bearing in his middle fifties called Dima.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Rainy Day Books (Staff Picks for 2010). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- John le Carré (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult
Country: England
Publication Date: October 12th, 2010
ISBN: 9780670022243
Page Count: 306
Publisher: Viking Adult
Country: England
Publication Date: October 12th, 2010
ISBN: 9780670022243
Page Count: 306
Awards edit
- Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (2010: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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