Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend—and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father’s death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus?
A Perfect Spy is a magnificent novel whose most remarkable achievement is to immerse us at once in two parallel dramas—each totally gripping, the two together producing a force field in which suspense breeds suspense. It is a work that surpasses—in its mesmerizing hold on the reader, its richness of story and character, and its moral resonance—any novel we have yet had from John le Carré.
- ISBN10 0143169556
- ISBN13 9780143169550
- Publish Date 30 September 2008
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Penguin Canada
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 608
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780143169550