Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The British Secret Service has been accused of being heartless and incompetent many times over the years. The phrase unhappily, East Germany had been part of my accuser’s parish in the days when we had worked together goes through my mind. #2 The lunch with Oldfield did not go as smoothly as I had hoped. Over the hors d’oeuvres, Oldfield extolled the ethical standards of his old Service, and implied that young David had besmirched its good name. #3 The British have had a long-standing love-hate relationship with their spies. They want the image, but they don’t want to put up with negative reviews or derision. #4 The British spy system is the envy of every spook in the free and unfree world. No good pointing out that many approved memoirs of former members depict the Service in the clothes in which it likes to be admired.

ジョン・ル・カレが自らの鏡を覗き込んだ本作は、虚構と現実が溶け合う極上の文学的告白です。スパイ組織という冷徹なシステムと個人の埋めがたい溝。その深淵を見つめる視線は、英国的な矜持の裏にある孤独と欺瞞を暴き出し、読者に至高の知的な緊張感を与えます。 著者が試みるのは、記憶を繋ぎ合わせ人生の真実を再構築する真摯な探求です。組織の歯車でありつつ個の尊厳を守るという普遍的なテーマが、エレガントな文体で昇華されています。巨匠の創作の源泉を辿るこの旅は、読む者の心を激しく揺さぶることでしょう。