The Russia House By John le Carre. 9780340505731

On offer is a paperback UK Presentation proof copy of a Book titled The Russia House by legendary author John Le Carre.\n\nNB The book has been well read\n\nSynopsis\n\nBarley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a \nself-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was \nBarley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the \nMoscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who \ncould be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and \nmade a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to \nhaunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence\n and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. \nBoth are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if \nthe human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries \n...In his first post-glasnost spy novel, le Carre captures the effect of\n a slow and uncertain thaw on o.