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John le Carré has earned worldwide acclaim with extraordinary spy novels, including The Russia House , an unequivocal classic. Navigating readers through the shadow worlds of international espionage with critical knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le Carré tracks the... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Barley: The main character who takes becomes spy
- Katya Orlova: Russian lady helping the defector
- Yakov Savelyev: the scientest who wants to share Russian false claims of military superiority
- Harry Palfrey: from the Russia house office of London
First Sentence edit
In a broad Moscow street not two hundred yards from the Leningrad station, on the upper floor of an ornate and hideous hotel built by Stalin in the style known to Muscovites as Empire During the Plague, the British Council's first ever audio fair for the teaching of the English language and the spread of British culture was grinding to its excruciating end.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 7 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1989. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (publisher edition list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0-340-50573-7
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0-340-50573-7
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.914
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Movie Connections edit
- The Russia House (IMDb): (1990): Starring Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Directed by Fred Schepisi
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