- Intelligence officers in fiction, Cold War, Cold War in fiction, Intelligence officers
For fans of John le Carre, a riveting spy thriller that spans two continents and probes the limits of loyalty and loveJeremy Duns's lightning-paced debut introduces a morally complex and unforgettable agent named Paul Dark into the canon of espionage literature.
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- Author
- Jeremy Duns
- First published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Pocket, Viking
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781847394514
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