Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead
ISBN: 9780743431675
出版社: Scribner
出版年: 2002-02-01
页数: 160
定价: USD 13.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
John le Carré classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, who is introduced in this, his first novel -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
George smiley had liked Samuel Fennan, and now Fennan was dead from an apparent suicide. But why? Fennan, a Foreign Office man, had been under investigation for alleged Communist Party activities, but Smiley had made it clear that the investigation -- little more than a routine security check -- was over and that the file on Fennan could be closed. The very next day, Fennan was found dead with a note by his body saying his career was finished and he couldn't go on. Smiley was puzzled...
作者简介
约翰?勒卡雷（John le Carré ,1931—）
原名大卫?康威尔（David Cornwell），1931年生于英国。曾就读于伯尔尼大学和牛津大学，在伊顿公学教授过两年法文与德文。18岁被英国军方情报单位招募，担任对东柏林的间谍工作；1958年就职于英国安全局军情五处，同时开始写作。1963年，第三本著作《柏林谍影》问世，知名小说家格雷厄姆?格林如此盛赞：“这是我读过的最好的间谍小说！”由此奠定文坛大师地位，并转为全职写作。在过去的50年中，勒卡雷居留于伦敦与康沃尔郡，笔耕不辍，迄今共著书23部。
勒卡雷是毛姆奖、爱伦坡奖、爱伦坡终身大师奖、金匕首奖、钻石匕首奖、金匕首奖中之奖等各大文学奖项的得主，并被《泰晤士报》评选为“1945年以来50位最伟大的英国作家”之一，作品入选 《时代》杂志1923年以来百部最佳英语长篇小说、英国推理作家协会（CWA）百佳推理小说、美国推理作家协会（MWA）百佳推理小说与十佳间谍小说。