A perfect spy

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofA Delicate TruthandOur Kind of Traitorwhichis now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregorJohn le Carre's memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life, will be available from Viking in September 2016 Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friendand the perfect spy.

But in the wake of his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms.

Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus?

In A Perfect Spy, John le Carre has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage.From the Trade Paperback edition.