The Russia House ABRIDGED |
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Author:
| Le Carré, John |
Read by:
| Le Carré, John |
ISBN: | 978-1-4890-7914-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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Imprint: | Bolinda Audio |
Book Format: | Audio disc |
List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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It is the third summer of perestroika. Barley Blair, London publisher, receives a smuggled document from Moscow. Blair, jazz-loving, drink-marinated, dishevelled, is hardly to the taste of the spymasters, yet he has to be used - sent to the Soviet Union to make contact. Katya, the Moscow intermediary, is beautiful, thoughtful, equally sceptical of all state ideology.Together, as the safe clichés of hostility disintegrate, they may represent the future - an idea that is anathema to the...
More DescriptionIt is the third summer of perestroika. Barley Blair, London publisher, receives a smuggled document from Moscow. Blair, jazz-loving, drink-marinated, dishevelled, is hardly to the taste of the spymasters, yet he has to be used - sent to the Soviet Union to make contact. Katya, the Moscow intermediary, is beautiful, thoughtful, equally sceptical of all state ideology.Together, as the safe clichés of hostility disintegrate, they may represent the future - an idea that is anathema to the entrenched espionage professionals on both sides.