The Russia House
| Author | : John le Carre |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2004-01-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780743464666 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0743464664 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (664 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Russia House written by John le Carre and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The master of the spy novel has discovered perestroika, and the genre may never be the same again . Le Carre's latest is both brilliantly up-to-date and cheeringly hopeful in a way readers of the Smiley books could never have anticipated. Barley Blair is a down-at-heels, jazz-loving London publisher who impresses a dissident Soviet physicist during a drunken evening at a Moscow Book Fair. When the physicist attempts to have Barley publish his insider's study of the chaotic state of Soviet defense, British intelligence steps in"--Publishers Weekly.