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The Russia House
By John le Carre
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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 dark and devastating trail of a document that could profoundly alter the course of world events.

In Moscow, a sheaf of military secrets changes hands. If it arrives at its destination, and if its import is understood, the consequences could be cataclysmic. Along the way it has an explosive impact on the lives of three people: a Soviet physicist burdened with secrets; a beautiful young Russian woman to whom the papers are entrusted; and Barley Blair, a bewildered English publisher pressed into service by British Intelligence to ferret out the document's source. A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage, The Russia House catches history in the act. For as the Iron Curtain begins to rust and crumble, Blair is left to sound a battle cry that may fall on deaf ears.

Newsweek Le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster.
The New York Times Book Review An exciting spy story...A well-informed political parable...rich...poignant...fascinating.
Time A plot of commanding suspense...The Russia House is both afire and thought provoking, a thriller that demands a second reading.
People Gripping...articulate...absorbing....Thrilling in every imaginable way.
NewsweekA remarkable and surprising thriller...The Russia House is faster and leaner than anything Le Carré has done in years
-- a taut spy story embracing a fine romance....His tone is light though his themes are as serious as ever.
Chicago TribuneA master storyteller atop his form.
The Wall Street JournalUnpredictably rich and entertaining...What distinguishes Mr. Le Carré from so many popular novelists is the precision with which he dramatizes not only the cloak-and-dagger business (at which he is unmatched), but also the particular human beings who carry it out or run afoul of it.
PeopleGripping...Articulate...Absorbing...Thrilling in every imaginable way.
USA TodayThe Russia House is a work of literature, as fine a novel to come out of Britain as I've read in a long time.
San Francisco ChronicleThe Russia House is a novel about love, moral decision, loyalty, and courage. It is also a novel about bureaucracy, betrayal, despair, and terror. What happens to Barley and Katya reveals better than a Kissinger brief what glasnost and perestroika are about in terms of human suffering, triumph, loss, and survival.
The Washington Times[Le Carré] has progressed to new heights...blending passion, healthy cynicism, and philosophy into his descriptions of [the] actions and feelings of the members of the world's second-oldest profession.
The Seattle TimesVirtuosic...Superb...Le Carré has grappled with the central political reality of our era -- the Cold War
-- with a zealot's intensity.
The Kansas City StarMesmerizing.
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