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A Delicate Truth

By: John le Carré
Narrated by: John le Carré
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A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain’s most precious colony, Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, and a private defence contractor who is also his close friend. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister’s Private Secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it. Suspecting a disastrous conspiracy, Toby attempts to forestall it, but is promptly posted overseas.

Three years on, summoned by Sir Christopher Probyn, retired British diplomat, to his decaying Cornish manor house, and closely watched by Probyn’s daughter Emily, Toby must choose between his conscience and his duty to the Service. If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, how can he keep silent?

John le Carre was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.

©2013 John le Carré (P)2013 Penguin Audio Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Inspiring

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"One of those writers who will be read a century from now" (Robert Harris)
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A wonderfully written and narrated book in the style that is Le Carre. A must read.

Absolutely gripping,

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Loved the book and La Carrè is a magnificent storyteller but that ending😱😫 I still wanted more

So good but...

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Loved everything about it. John Le Carre is a timeless forever author. It would appear his son is walking on in his genius. Another gift from Le Carre therefore.

Brilliant

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Excellent grammar presented with magnificent story telling expertise. Not his best but one of the best books to read if you like vocabulary, suspense and narrative all dished up in a special way. A good book is like a good meal, it only needs a little bit of salt and pepper and dexterity!!!

A John la Carre experience

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This book stopped playing due to an audio file error half way through. Very frustrating

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loved it. le care has a different way of building excitement and tension. just brilliant

great

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