John le Carre

British security officer Alan Turner battles radical German students and neo-Nazis after an embassy flack disappears from Bonn with dozens of top secret files.

A Small Town in Germany

John le Carré

West Germany, a simmering cauldron of radical protests, has produced a new danger to Britain- Karfeld, menacing leader of the opposition. At the same time Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the Foreign Office must travel to Bonn to recover them, facing riots, Nazi secrets and the delicate machinations of an unstable Europe in the throes of the Cold War.As Turner gets closer to the truth of Harting's disappearance, he will discover that the face of International relations - and the attentions of the British Ministry itself - is uglier that he could possibly have imagined.

Laura Mauler

I had no idea that the United Kingdom's​ bid to join the European Union was rejected. Twice! Reading a spy book set during their bid to join while Brexit is happening in real life tickles me a bit.

My first le Carré book, and it was a good one. Highly recommend.

A Small Town in Germany

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