An activist lawyer, a washed-up banker, and a mysterious young man cross paths in Hamburg, and circumstances find the whole of the espionage world watching them, in John le Carre's A Most Wanted Man.
In my opinion, le Carre's forte was the Cold War of the 60s and 70s, and he has fished around a bit since then for subject matter with mixed results. But A Most Wanted Man is a solid thriller set in the paranoid world of pop-up terrorism.
Complex and satisfying, shown from multiple points of view, marred just slightly by an abrupt ending; overall a worthwhile contemporary le Carre.
I listened to this on audiobook on loan from Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond Indiana.
In my opinion, le Carre's forte was the Cold War of the 60s and 70s, and he has fished around a bit since then for subject matter with mixed results. But A Most Wanted Man is a solid thriller set in the paranoid world of pop-up terrorism.
Complex and satisfying, shown from multiple points of view, marred just slightly by an abrupt ending; overall a worthwhile contemporary le Carre.
I listened to this on audiobook on loan from Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond Indiana.
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