{"product_id":"a-small-town-in-germany-9780143122609","title":"A Small Town in Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Spies.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Haven't you realized that only appearances matter?\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The British Embassy in Bonn is up in arms. Her Majesty's financially troubled government is seeking admission to Europe's Common Market just as anti-British factions are rising to power in Germany. Rioters are demanding reunification, and the last thing the Crown can afford is a scandal. Then Leo Harting--an embassy nobody--goes missing with a case full of confidential files. London sends Alan Turner to control the damage, but he soon realizes that neither side really wants Leo found--alive.\u003cp\u003eSet against the threat of a German-Soviet alliance, John le Carré's \u003ci\u003eA Small Town\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein Germany\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb chronicle of Cold War paranoia and political compromise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an introduction by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn le Carré was born in 1931. For six decades, he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a con man, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence (MI5\u0026amp;6). He published his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCall for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy \u003ci\u003eTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Honourable Schoolboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmiley's People\u003c\/i\u003e. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Pigeon Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, \u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 2017. He died on December 12, 2020.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631095714066,"sku":"9780143122609","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7d170f5-cb51-4a45-8a6c-7f5b3a3af80d.jpg?v=1732765540","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-small-town-in-germany-9780143122609","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}