The Little Drummer Girl: A Novel
John le Carré
Paperback
(Penguin Books, June 28, 2011)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Our Kind of Traitor; now a miniseries on AMC starring Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon, and Florence Pugh."You want to catch the lion, first you tether the goat."On holiday in Mykonos, Charlie wants only sunny days and a brief escape from Englandâs bourgeois dreariness. Then a handsome stranger lures the aspiring actress away from her palsâbut his intentions are far from romantic. Joseph is an Israeli intelligence officer, and Charlie has been wooed to flush out the leader of a Palestinian terrorist group responsible for a string of deadly bombings. Still uncertain of her own allegiances, she debuts in the role of a lifetime as a double agent in the âtheatre of the real.â Haunting and deeply atmospheric, John le CarrĂ©âs The Little Drummer Girl is a virtuoso performance and a powerful examination of morality and justice. With an introduction by the author.