First American edition. A cult classic about working-class life in post-war Nottingham. For Arthur Seaton, a worker in a bicycle factory, life is one long battle with authority. You don't have to give Arthur more than one chance to foreman.
John le Carré's fourth spy novel, which depicts the intelligence struggle during the Cold War in an ironic and pessimistic way. The novel deconstructs the romantic image of secret agents by showing the decay and illusions of the old British intelligence g