The Looking Glass War

220 Pages·2002·0.76 MB·English

by  John le Carre

JOHN LE CARRÉ
The Looking Glass War
PENGUIN BOOKS
Contents
PART ONE
TAYLOR’S RUN
PART TWO
AVERY’S RUN
Prelude
Take-off
Homecoming
PART THREE
LEISER’S RUN
Prelude
Take-off
Homecoming
PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS
THE LOOKING GLASS WAR
John le Carré was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the
Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the
acclaim for his trilogy Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy
and Smiley’s People. His later novels include The Constant Gardener, Absolute
Friends, The Mission Song and A Most Wanted Man. Our Kind of Traitor is his
most recent novel.
To James Kennaway
‘I wouldn’t mind being a Pawn, if only I might join’
Alice
Foreword
None of the characters, clubs, institutions nor intelligence organisations I have
described here or elsewhere exists, or has existed to my knowledge in real life. I
wish to make that very clear.
My thanks are due to the Radio Society of Great Britain and to Mr R. E.
Molland, to the editors and staff of Aviation Week and Space Technology and Mr
Ronald Coles, all of whom provided me with valuable technical advice; and to
Miss Elizabeth Tollinton for her secretarial help.
I must thank above all my wife for her untiring cooperation.
John le Carré,
Agios Nikolaos,
Crete
May, 1964
‘The carrying of a very heavy weight such as a large suitcase or trunk,
immediately before sending practice, renders the muscles of the forearm, wrist
and fingers too insensitive to produce good Morse’
F. Tait’s Complete Morse Instructor, Pitman.
PART ONE
Taylor’s Run
‘A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East’
Kipling