约翰•勒卡雷（John le Carré ,1931—） 原名大卫•康威尔（David Cornwell），1931年生于英国。曾就读于伯尔尼大学和牛津大学，在伊顿公学教授过两年法文与德文。18岁被英国军方情报单位招募，担任对东柏林的间谍工作；1958年就职于英国安全局军情五处，同时开始写作。1963年，第三本著作《柏林谍影》问世，知名小说家格雷厄姆•格林如此盛赞：“这是我读过的最好的间谍小说！”由此奠定文坛大师地位，并转为全职写作。在过去的50年中，勒卡雷居留于伦敦与康沃尔郡，笔耕不辍，迄今共著书23部。 勒卡雷是毛姆奖、爱伦坡奖、爱伦坡终身大师奖、金匕首奖、钻石匕首奖、金匕首奖中之奖等各大文学奖项的得主，并被《泰晤士报》评选为“1945年以来50位最伟大的英国作家”之一，作品入选 《时代》杂志1923年以来百部最佳英语长篇小说、英国推理作家协会（...(展开全部)

约翰•勒卡雷（John le Carré ,1931—） 原名大卫•康威尔（David Cornwell），1931年生于英国。曾就读于伯尔尼大学和牛津大学，在伊顿公学教授过两年法文与德文。18岁被英国军方情报单位招募，担任对东柏林的间谍工作；1958年就职于英国安全局军情五处，同时开始写作。1963年，第三本著作《柏林谍影》问世，知名小说家格雷厄姆•格林如此盛赞：“这是我读过的最好的间谍小说！”由此奠定文坛大师地位，并转为全职写作。在过去的50年中，勒卡雷居留于伦敦与康沃尔郡，笔耕不辍，迄今共著书23部。 勒卡雷是毛姆奖、爱伦坡奖、爱伦坡终身大师奖、金匕首奖、钻石匕首奖、金匕首奖中之奖等各大文学奖项的得主，并被《泰晤士报》评选为“1945年以来50位最伟大的英国作家”之一，作品入选 《时代》杂志1923年以来百部最佳英语长篇小说、英国推理作家协会（...(展开全部)

约翰•勒卡雷（John le Carré ,1931—） 原名大卫•康威尔（David Cornwell），1931年生于英国。曾就读于伯尔尼大学和牛津大学，在伊顿公学教授过两年法文与德文。18岁被英国军方情报单位招募，担任对东柏林的间谍工作；1958年就职于英国安全局军情五处，同时开始写作。1963年，第三本著作《柏林谍影》问世，知名小说家格雷厄姆•格林如此盛赞：“这是我读过的最好的间谍小说！”由此奠定文坛大师地位，并转为全职写作。在过去的50年中，勒卡雷居留于伦敦与康沃尔郡，笔耕不辍，迄今共著书23部。 勒卡雷是毛姆奖、爱伦坡奖、爱伦坡终身大师奖、金匕首奖、钻石匕首奖、金匕首奖中之奖等各大文学奖项的得主，并被《泰晤士报》评选为“1945年以来50位最伟大的英国作家”之一，作品入选 《时代》杂志1923年以来百部最佳英语长篇小说、英国推理作家协会（...(展开全部)

約翰•勒卡雷John Le Carre 原名大衛•康威爾，1931年生於英國。18歲時，便被英國軍方情報單位招募，擔任對東柏林的間諜工作；退役後在牛津大學攻讀現代語言，之後於伊頓公學教授法文與德文。1959年，進入英國外交部工作，先後於英國駐波昂及漢堡的大使館服務，同時開始寫作。1963年，以第三本著作《冷戰諜魂》（The Spy who came in from the cold）一舉成名，被知名小說家葛林盛讚說︰「這是我讀過最好的間諜小說！」從此奠定其文壇大師地位。勒卡雷一生得獎無數，包括1965年美國推理作家協會的愛倫坡大獎、1964年獲得、英國毛姆獎、James Tait Black紀念獎等，1988年更獲頒CWA終身成就獎（另外分別在1963與1977年獲頒金匕首獎），以及義大利Malaparte Prize等等。至今已出版的19部作品，不...(展开全部)

With the incomparable opening chapter of "Call for the Dead," titled "A Brief History of George Smiley," John Le Carre introduces his legendary spy and immediately ensnares you in the shadowy world Smiley inhabits. Pulled back from overseas duty during World War II, Smiley was redirected to face the threats of the Cold War. He had been asked to interview Samuel Fennan of the Fo...(展开全部)

With the incomparable opening chapter of "Call for the Dead," titled "A Brief History of George Smiley," John Le Carre introduces his legendary spy and immediately ensnares you in the shadowy world Smiley inhabits. Pulled back from overseas duty during World War II, Smiley was redirected to face the threats of the Cold War. He had been asked to interview Samuel Fennan of the Fo...(展开全部)

As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves in a vast and complex world at the heart of the British Empire. Years later—one struggling with his identity in a world hostile to his ancestry, the other creating the world’s most famous detective while in love with a woman who is not his wife–their fates become inextr...(展开全部)

After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urge...(展开全部)

After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urge...(展开全部)

Lying in the sand dunes of Baritone Bay are the bodies of a middle-aged couple. Celice and Joseph, in their mid-50s and married for more than 30 years, are returning to the seacoast where they met as students. Instead, they are battered to death by a thief with a chunk of granite. Their corpses lie undiscovered and rotting for a week, prey to sand crabs, flies, and gulls. Yet t...(展开全部)