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內容簡介 犯罪推理大師約翰‧勒卡雷1995年作品《變調的遊戲》，企鵝出版社推出現代經典版本史上唯一獲頒英國犯罪推理作家協會（CWA）「金匕首獎中之獎」的大師！「讀者若曾擔心冷戰結束會影響勒卡雷的題材，現在可以放下心上的石頭了。如果冷戰結束真有影響，不過是使他的可用題材更豐富、更新奇。」－－《紐約時報》「勒卡雷的布局手法教人歎為觀止，掌握當代語言似無還有的弦外之音不輸任何戲劇家。不分喜劇、驚慄、哀歎、笑鬧，該給的資訊無不精確入微，但絕無冗詞賣弄。是一本不凡的小說。」－－《觀察者》「勒卡雷依舊走在新聞的前面，絕不老調重彈。……一部無與倫比之作。」－－《出版人週刊》這次勒卡雷將寫作的觸角深入北高加索山區，從過往的英、俄兩國之間的間諜大戰轉而關注俄國境內糾葛難分的種族衝突。藉由提姆‧克藍瑪步步追索昔日一手訓練出的反間諜－萊瑞‧裴第佛的過程，凸顯出勒卡雷高超的描繪間諜行動過程的高超功力，更透過萊瑞‧裴第佛觀察之眼、敘述之口，展現出更深層的人道關懷。本書中文書介出自《變調的遊戲》木馬文化出版Le Carré's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and dramaThe Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry - dreamer, dissolute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim's mistress. As their trail takes him to the lawless wilds of Russia and the North Caucasus, he is forced to question everything he stood for.Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le Carré's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control.
