{"product_id":"the-little-drummer-girl-9780143119746","title":"The Little Drummer Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOur Kind of Traitor; \u003c\/i\u003enow a miniseries on AMC starring Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon, and Florence Pugh.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You want to catch the lion, first you tether the goat.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn holiday in Mykonos, Charlie wants only sunny days and a brief escape from England's bourgeois dreariness. Then a handsome stranger lures the aspiring actress away from her pals--but his intentions are far from romantic. Joseph is an Israeli intelligence officer, and Charlie has been wooed to flush out the leader of a Palestinian terrorist group responsible for a string of deadly bombings. Still uncertain of her own allegiances, she debuts in the role of a lifetime as a double agent in the \"theatre of the real.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunting and deeply atmospheric, John le Carré's \u003ci\u003eThe Little Drummer Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis a virtuoso performance and a powerful examination of morality and justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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":50614723084562,"sku":"9780143119746","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdeca0fc-605b-409c-ba87-a80e96dfe393.jpg?v=1732458457","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-little-drummer-girl-9780143119746","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}