John le Carres classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricateshadow worlds of international intrigue with unsurpassed skill and knowledgeand have ... » 

John le Carres classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricateshadow worlds of international intrigue with unsurpassed skill and knowledgeand have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim.A lawyer from a Londonfinance house is shot dead on a Turkish hillside by people with whom he thoughthe was in business. A childrens magician in the English countryside is askedto explain the arrival of more than five million pounds sterling in his youngdaughters modest trust. In Single Single le Carre masterfullyestablishes a sequence of events whose connections are mysterious complex andcompelling. He tells of corrupt liaisons between criminal elements in the newRussian states and the world of legitimate finance in the West. He also paintsan intimate portrait of two families one Russian the other English onetrading illicit goods the other laundering the profits one betrayed by a soninlaw the other betrayed and redeemed by a son. «