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A Small Town in Germany
A Small Town in Germany
Author: John Le Carre
A man is missing. Harting, refugee background, a Junior Something in the British Embassy in Bonn. Gone with him are forty-three files, all of them Confidential or above. — It is vital that the Germans do not learn that Harting is missing, nor that there's been a leak. With radical students and neo-Nazis rioting and critical negotiations under...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780440180364
ISBN-10: 0440180368
Publication Date: 12/15/1969
Pages: 311
Edition: Reissue
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Dell
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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Highly descriptive, tediously detailed, and sometimes dizzyingly disorienting. LeCarre is always interesting as his experiences in the intelligence world are fictionalized in his books. Your imagination will run wild with stereotypical spy stories trying to figure out the mystery as you read, like any good spy novel. For anyone who wants to understand how closely linked diplomatic work is to intelligence work, this is a great example, provided by someone who really knows. In the end, you get to see what the reality of diplomatic and intelligence work can be like; often gritty, saturated in humanity, and not nearly as orderly and policy oriented as one might think.
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After 40 pages of unintelligible spy patter I finally connect to the story. A temp at the Bonn Embassy has disappeared with a host of files, letters, and a mysterious green case. London send an investigator to ferret out the perp. In Bonn, everyone tries to be uncooperative; no one seems to know what is missing. Trial and error, our investigator finally stumbles upon the truth. Its not what you think! Boring at times, arcane at others, the final twist is worth the effort to read this book.


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