完美的间谍 – A Perfect Spy by John le Carré

瑞克与皮姆，父与子。

瑞克是个骗子，骗术之精，让当事人不仅毫无察觉，反而对他敬仰有加。几十年间，涉掠过食品倒卖、房地产开发、养老金集资、国会议员竞选等等五花八门的产业，历经风雨起伏，总有死忠跟随。到了晚年，即将破产的瑞克发现，他惟一的产业是儿子皮姆，一位显赫的英国外交官。

皮姆，实际上是个间谍，双重间谍。生性浪漫，多才多艺，为了远离父亲的生活，既是偶然又是自然地踏上了这条不归路。然而身处冷战时代，更复杂的使命和冲突、责任与友情撕扯着他，艰难喘息，以致只有抛下一切，孤身一人写下一部“伟大的自传体小说”，才是对自我的救赎。

瑞克与皮姆，某种程度上也是勒卡雷的父亲与勒卡雷关系的写照。

John le Carre’s classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

Immersing readers in two parallel dramas — one about the making of a spy, the other chronicling his seemingly imminent demise — le Carre offers one of his richest and most morally resonant novels.Magnus Pym — son of Rick, father of Tom, and a successful career officer of British Intelligence — has vanished, to the dismay of his friends, enemies, and wife. Who is he? Who was he? Who owns him? Who trained him? Secrets of state are at risk. As the truth about Pym gradually emerges, the reader joins Pym’s pursuers to explore the unsettling life and motives of a man who fought the wars he inherited with the only weapons he knew, and so became a perfect spy.

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