John Le Carre, Sisman Adam

Автор: Sisman Adam
Название: John le Carre
ISBN: 1408849461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408849460
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carre a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently quarried his life for his writing, and his novels seem to offer tantalizing glimpses of their author - but in the narrative of his life fact and fiction have become intertwined, and little is really known of one of the world's most successful writers. In Cornwell's lonely childhood Adam Sisman uncovers the origins of the themes of love and abandonment which have dominated le Carre's fiction: the departure of his mother when he was five, followed by 'sixteen hugless years' in the dubious care of his father, a man of energy and charm, a serial seducer and conman who hid the Bentleys in the trees when the bailiffs came calling - a 'totally incomprehensible father' who could 'put a hand on your shoulder and the other in your pocket, both gestures equally sincere'.

And in Cornwell's adult life - from recruitment by both MI5 and MI6, through marriage and family life, to his emergence as the master of the spy novel - Sisman explores the idea of espionage and its significance in human terms; the extent to which betrayal is acceptable in exchange for love; and the endless need for forgiveness, especially from oneself. Written with exclusive access to David Cornwell himself, to his private archive and to the most important people in his life - family, friends, enemies, intelligence ex-colleagues and ex-lovers - and featuring a wealth of previously unseen photographic material, Adam Sisman's extraordinarily insightful and constantly revealing biography brings in from the cold a man whose own life has been as complex and confounding and filled with treachery as any of his novels. 'I'm a liar,' Cornwell has written.

'Born to lying, bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practised in it as a novelist.'This is the definitive biography of a major writer, described by Ian McEwan as 'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the twentieth century in Britain'.

Автор: Robyn Sisman
Название: Special Relationship
ISBN: 0140284222 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140284225
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Annie, a successful London literary agent, is married to the very dependable, very English Edward. But she can`t forget her passionate love affair with Jordan at university, which ended abruptly when he returned to America. Jordan is now married to efficient, pushy Virginia, and is running for the American presidency.

Автор: Sisman
Название: Perfect Strangers
ISBN: 0140274405 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140274400
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: When Suze and Lloyd swap jobs and flats for the summer, there seems no reason for them to ever have more than the most cursory of conversations together. Until Suze uncovers a plot to oust Lloyd from the firm.

Автор: Sisman, Robyn
Название: A Hollywood Ending
ISBN: 0752883895 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752883892
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: Ever wished life was like the movies? Wish again...

Автор: Sisman
Название: Weekend in Paris
ISBN: 0140280960 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140280968
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: One Friday afternoon Molly Clearwater walks out of her job, smarting from her boss` taunt that she is `just a stupid secretary`. Twenty-one, a country girl who has lived her life mainly through the pages of books and in her own imagination, she feels that nothing exciting has ever happened to her or ever will.