A Small Town in Germany A Novel [Paperback]

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofA Legacy of Spies.John le Carré’s new novel,Agent Running in the Field, is coming October 2019.

Haven't you realized that only appearances matter?

The British Embassy in Bonn is up in arms. Her Majesty's financially troubled government is seeking admission to Europe's Common Market just as anti-British factions are rising to power in Germany. Rioters are demanding reunification, and the last thing the Crown can afford is a scandal. Then Leo Harting—an embassy nobody—goes missing with a case full of confidential files. London sends Alan Turner to control the damage, but he soon realizes that neither side really wants Leo found—alive.

Set against the threat of a German-Soviet alliance, John le Carré'sA Small Townin Germanyis a superb chronicle of Cold War paranoia and political compromise.

With an introduction by the author.

“Exciting, compulsively readable, and brilliantly plotted.”—The New York Times

“Brilliant, unforgettable…a masterpiece.”—New Statesman(UK)New York Times bestselling author John le Carré (A Delicate Truth and Spy Who Came in from the Cold) was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.US