The Spy Who Came of Age Author:John Le Carre The Berlin Wall has toppled, the Iron Curtain has been swept aside, the Cold War is no more. Here, known to us already from The Russia House is Ned, a shrewd. loyal, decent soldier in British Intelligence. Now, the explosions of change -- and the memories stirred by his mentor and hero George Smiley -- force Ned to revisit h... more »is life as a spy and as a middle-aged man.
According to George Smiley, 'when a spy reaches middle age he begins to count the cost of living how he's lived. For Ned, those middle years were filled with tortuous thoughts about a life withheld--a life with no abandon, no passion, no connection, no freedom. A phone call from an unknown woman whispering of love fuels his growing hunger; the rantings of a bomb-shocked peace-seeker further disturbs his faceless existence; and through a former agent's unconditional love for a dissolute daughter, Ned learns that freeedom and love, while exacting a high price, are priceless.« less