PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS : NIGHT MANAGER – JOHN LE CARRE

In The Night Manager, John le Carre s first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers. Le Carre is the equal of any novelist now writing in English Guardian A marvellously observed relentless tale Observer At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities – about an international businessman at the hotel with suspicious dealings – backfires terribly, and people close to Pine begin to die, he commits himself to a battle against powerful forces he cannot begin to imagine. In a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carre creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted. Complex and intense … page-turning tension San Francisco Chronicle When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carre … they were a journey into the wider world … These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind Aung San Suu Kyi One of those writers who will be read a century from now Robert Harris