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…a well-informed, up-to-the-minute political parable, incisive and instructive. —The New York Times Book Review
In the era of perestroika and glasnost in the USSR, a manuscript is meant to be delivered to one Bartholomew Barley Blair, a British publisher known for his eccentricity. The manuscript, penned by Russian scientist Yakov Savelyev, contains critical information detailing the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities and the state of their missile program. Except—it doesn't reach Barley. Instead, after exchanging hands several times, it ends up in the hands of the British Secret Intelligence Service, and they're quite interested in why Barley was the intended recipient of such a document.
After determining Barley knows little more than they do about the manuscript, MI6, in collaboration with the CIA, convince him to act as an unlikely but well-positioned spy. Under the guise of his publishing business, Barley travels to Moscow and meets Katya Orlova, who helped smuggle the manuscript out of the country, in hopes of verifying the authenticity of the author and his manuscript.
As Barley navigates the treacherous waters of espionage, he begins to fall for Katya, blurring the lines between the professional and the personal. With the KGB closing in on the two of them, and his Western handlers growing increasingly impatient (both with him and with each other), Barley must determine where his true loyalties lie.
A standalone spy novel that sits outside of John le Carré's Smiley chronology, The Russia House is witty, shapely tale-spinning from a modern master (Kirkus Starred Review). A No.1 New York Times bestseller, it remained on the list for 21 weeks, and serves as the basis for the acclaimed 1990 film starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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About John le Carré
John le Carré, the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (1931–2020), was an English author of espionage novels. Eight of his novels made the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list between 1983 and 2017. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, his third book, secured him a worldwide reputation as one of the greatest spy novelists in history. Numerous major motion pictures have been made from his novels, as well as several television series. After attending the universities at Berne and Oxford, he taught at Eton and spent five years in the British Foreign Service, serving briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. Being a member of MI6 when he wrote his first novel, Call for the Dead in 1961 in Hamburg, it necessitated the use of a nom de plume, by which he continued to be known. His writing earned him several honorary doctorate degrees and the Somerset Maugham Award, the Goethe Medal, and the Olof Palme Prize.
About Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson’s acting credits span the stage and screen. He is most often recognized for his roles as Gideon on Charmed and Simon Prentiss on General Hospital. He has also starred in numerous television shows, including CSI and Vegas, and he played the lead in the highly acclaimed independent feature film You, directed by his wife, Melora Hardin.