Charles Cumming

A Foreign Country

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2012 for Best Thriller of the Year. Selected by the Sunday Times and the Guardian as Best Thriller. Perfect for fans of John le Carre, a gripping and suspenseful spy thriller from 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday)

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Produktdetails

• Thomas Kell Spy Thriller
• Verlag: HarperCollins / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 049305
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780007346431
• ISBN-10: 0007346433
• Artikelnr.: 35002104

Autorenporträt

Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. In the summer of 1995, he was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6, and A Spy by Nature was published in the UK in 2001. In 2012, Charles won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year for A Foreign Country. A Divided Spy is his eighth novel.

Rezensionen

'We are in Smiley country, but with extra 21st century nuance ... Cumming has an exquisite touch and we should treasure him' Daily Mail

'A thriller that has everything you could ask for - a twisty, sexy plot, topical themes, memorable characters and plentiful spy lore' Sunday Times, Books of the Year

'Refreshing, plausible and effective ... Best of all is the sheer pace of the narrative' Spectator

'You are likely to be up for most of the night to find out how this novel ends. It grips from the first page ... A fast-moving treat' The Scotsman

Praise for Charles Cumming:

'Charles Cumming is a man put on this earth to perpetuate the spy thriller' Daily Telegraph

'From the first page to the last it has the ring of absolute authenticity. Tautly written, cleverly plotted...it reminded me strongly of the early books of John le Carré' Robert Harris