1st Edition

John le Carré

By Eric Homberger Copyright 1986
114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

Since the heyday of Ian Fleming’s fantasy superspy James Bond, the novels of John le Carré have held up to readers across the world a sombre, fascinating picture of decline, deception and ethical ambiguity. In this study, originally published in 1986, the first to include an interpretation of A Perfect Spy , Eric Homberger argues that within the tradition of the spy thriller of John Buchan and... Read more

General Editors’ Preface.  Acknowledgements.  A Note on the Texts.  Introduction.  1. Spies and Spy Stories  2. Closed Communities  3. The Reasonable Man at War  4. Families.  Bibliography.

Biography

Eric Homberger