The Russia House: A Novel
Language: English
Pages: 368
ISBN: 0743464664
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
John le Carre's bestselling classic is a timeless spy thriller about the Iron Curtain and the tense relationship between Great Britain and Russia.
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.
equally in the running of the source, but to have a casting vote in the event of disagreement. ‘They’re preparing a full-scale shopping list, Palfrey, a grand slam. They’re taking it to State, Defense, the Pentagon and the scientific bodies. All the biggest questions of the day will be canvassed and set down for the Bluebird to respond to. They know the risks but that isn’t deterring them. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, they reason. That takes courage.’ It is his Despatch Box voice. Clive has
you are supposed to work out all the ways in which you are at fault. ‘Ned will be brought up to date when he gets back to London, thank you. That will be quite soon enough. Until then I shall expect you to say nothing. The rule of the Russia House will be respected. Sheriton values the link. It will even be enlarged in certain ways, perhaps permanently. Ned should be grateful.’ The news was nowhere more joyfully received than in the British trade press. Marriage with a Future, trumpeted Booknews
you are supposed to work out all the ways in which you are at fault. ‘Ned will be brought up to date when he gets back to London, thank you. That will be quite soon enough. Until then I shall expect you to say nothing. The rule of the Russia House will be respected. Sheriton values the link. It will even be enlarged in certain ways, perhaps permanently. Ned should be grateful.’ The news was nowhere more joyfully received than in the British trade press. Marriage with a Future, trumpeted Booknews
the middle.’ ‘She asks how old is Hal?’ Katya said. He really had to think. He had first to remember Hal’s birth year, then the year it was now, then laboriously subtract the one from the other while he fought off the singing in his ears. ‘Ah well now, Hal’s twenty-four. But I’m afraid he’s made a rather foolish marriage.’ Anna was disappointed. She stared reproachfully at them as Katya resumed their conversation. ‘As soon as I heard he had disappeared I tried to contact him by all the usual
notebooks were trouble, then he wanted nothing that would link them with the letter. And vice versa. And in this he was entirely right. Our most versatile and erudite trainers, dyed in all the oceans of our Service folklore, would not have told it to him one whit differently. Only then did he take up the three notebooks and slip off the elastic band while he kept one ear cocked for footfalls in the corridor. Three grubby Russian notebooks, he reflected, selecting the top one and turning it