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The Pigeon Tunnel by John Le Carre SIGNED UK 1st/1st HB + Bookmarks + Pamphlet
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- “a fine copy - please refer to the pictures provided”
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Subject 2
- Espionage
- Subject
- Autobiography
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Signed
- Yes
- Title
- The Pigeon Tunnel
- Era
- 2010s
- Age Level
- Adults, Young Adults
- Place of Publication
- London
- ISBN
- 9780241257555
- Book Title
- The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
- Publisher
- Penguin Books LTD
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 240 mm
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- Memorials, Government
- Item Weight
- 622 g
- Item Width
- 162 mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
About this product
Product Information
'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now.' From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion, to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le CarrU has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le CarrU is as funny as he is incisive - reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine gun fire, or visiting Rwanda's museums of the unburied dead in the aftermath of the genocide, or celebrating New Year's Eve with Yasser Arafat, or interviewing a German terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, or watching Alec Guinness preparing for his role as George Smiley, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener, le CarrU endows each happening with vividness and humour, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. Best of all, le CarrU gives us a glimpse of a writer's journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for the human spark that has given so much life and heart to his fictional characters. The Pigeon Tunnel, John le CarrU's memoir and his first work of non-fiction, is a thrilling journey into the worlds of his 'secret sharers' - the men and women who inspired some of his most enthralling novels. From terrifying meetings with Yasser Arafat in war-torn Beirut to brilliantly observed encounters with the great figures of 20th century film, from Stanley Kubrick to Alec Guinness. The reader is swept along not just by the chilling winds of the Cold War or by the author's frightening journeys into places of terrible violence but, most importantly, by the author's inimitable voice. In this astonishing work we see our world, both public and private, through the eyes of one of the world's greatest writers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780241257555
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223890995
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Memorials, Government
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
240 mm
Item Weight
622 g
Item Width
162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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- 07 Nov, 2019
The name Pigeon Tunnel is explained in the preface. is from a visit to Monte Carlo by the author with his father .
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: cmedia_group
- 03 May, 2018
The Pigeon Tunnel,a pleasure to read
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- 05 Apr, 2023
Suburb story from a great writer.
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- 1***l (238)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe two books were nicely packaged and even bubble-wrapped as well! It shipped pretty fast and since it was coming overseas I expected it to take more than two weeks or so to get here, but not six days! The two books came exactly as they were shown in the pictures. As a sucker for Roman history, this was a great and unique find! I managed to a pair of books like this in Abebooks with the mylar too, but someone bought it before I did, so I'm glad I had the chance to buy this. Awesome seller.