The Tailor of Panama

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'A romantic delirium fór troubled times' The Observer Harry Pendel is the charismatic proprietor of Pendel and Braithwaite Limitada of Panama, through whose doors everyone who is anyone in Central America passes; Andrew Osnard, mysterious and ileshly, is a spy.. His secret mission is two-pronged: to keep a watchful eve on the political manoeuvrings leading up to the American handover of the Panama Canal on 31 st December 1999; and to secure fór himself the immense priváté fortune that has until now churlishly eluded him. 'Arguably his best book since The S[)y Wké Ciimc infiom the Cold. A masterfi.il portrayal of humán weaknesses' Tim Times Edl 'catioxal Supplilment "Le C.arré shows what an extraordinarily witty writer he can be, with a true feeling tor the tarcical . . . Pendel assumes a dignity and a fortitude that turns him írom butfoon to poignant hero, and makes him, in the end. a character qiute as memorable as any le Carré has given us' The sí 'sday Times 'An excoriating... Tovább

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'A romantic delirium fór troubled times' The Observer Harry Pendel is the charismatic proprietor of Pendel and Braithwaite Limitada of Panama, through whose doors everyone who is anyone in Central America passes; Andrew Osnard, mysterious and ileshly, is a spy.. His secret mission is two-pronged: to keep a watchful eve on the political manoeuvrings leading up to the American handover of the Panama Canal on 31 st December 1999; and to secure fór himself the immense priváté fortune that has until now churlishly eluded him. 'Arguably his best book since The S[)y Wké Ciimc infiom the Cold. A masterfi.il portrayal of humán weaknesses' Tim Times Edl 'catioxal Supplilment "Le C.arré shows what an extraordinarily witty writer he can be, with a true feeling tor the tarcical . . . Pendel assumes a dignity and a fortitude that turns him írom butfoon to poignant hero, and makes him, in the end. a character qiute as memorable as any le Carré has given us' The sí 'sday Times 'An excoriating denunciation of hypocritical diplomacy, opportunistic higli politics and exploitative journalism which explodes in an apocalvptic dimax' THE Sí 'SDAY Telegraph 'This is a book about legends and lies, about great lövés and little betrayals, about the myth of truth and the consequences of deception. As such, it is a work of rare brilliance' The Times Vissza