{"product_id":"john-le-carre-769-9780367354831","title":"John le Carre\u0026#769;","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Homberger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the heyday of Ian Fleming's fantasy superspy James Bond, the novels of John le Carré have held up to readers across the world a sombre, fascinating picture of decline, deception and ethical ambiguity. In this study, originally published in 1986, the first to include an interpretation of \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Homberger argues that within the tradition of the spy thriller of John Buchan and 'Sapper' a 'space' was created by Somerset Maugham, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene for serious writing. From \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in From the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) to \u003ci\u003eThe Little Drummer Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) and \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Spy\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), le Carré has used that space to make a searching investigation of the nature of post-Imperial Britain. In the process he has become the peer of Conrad and Greene in the recognition that the spy novel is a literary form capable of the highest artistic seriousness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45241397837975,"sku":"9780367354831","price":3130.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367354831.webp?v=1769228605","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/john-le-carre-769-9780367354831","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}