The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life /

The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life /

"From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John Le Carré has always written from the heart of mode...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Le Carré, John, 1931-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Subjects:
Le Carré, John, > 1931-2020.
Le Carré, John, > 1931-
Cold War (1945-1989)
1900-1999
Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography.
Espionage > Biography.
Cold War > Biography.
Spy stories > Authorship.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
Espionage.
Novelists, English.
Autobiographies.
Biography.
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