In this provocative tale from bestselling spy novelist John le Carre, two Turkish Muslims are living in Hamburg when they kindly offer shelter to a desperate homeless man named Issa. Their act of kindness soon turns into a full-on red alert in three different countries when it is revealed that Issa is in fact a wanted terrorist. Innocent people are soon pulled into a complicated maze of spies and government conspiracies, raising many questions about the nature of morality and what is right or true. Le Carre is the author of the great spy classic THE SPY WHO CAME IN THE FROM THE COLD. THE MOST WANTED MAN was selected by the New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of 2008.
A half-starved young Russian man claiming to be a devout Muslim, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, and a sixty-year-old scion of a failing British bank based in Hamburg form an unlikely alliance as the rival spies of Germany, England and America scent a sure kill in the "War on Terror," and converge upon the innocents.
Smuggled into Hamburg, Issa, a young Russian man carrying a large amount of cash and claiming to be a devout Muslim, forms an unlikely alliance with Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, and Tommy Brue, a sixty-year-old scion of a failing British bank, as they become victims of rival intelligence operations in the War on Terror. 300,000 first printing.
Smuggled into Hamburg, Issa, a young Russian man carrying a large amount of cash and claiming to be a devout Muslim, forms an unlikely alliance with Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, and Tommy Brue, a sixty-year-old scion of a failing British bank, as they become victims of rival intelligence operations in the War on Terror. 300,000 first printing.
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