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When Harting, a junior officer at the British Embassy in Bonn with a refugee background, disappears, thirty‑three confidential files also vanish. The diplomatic fallout is severe: the Germans must remain unaware of both the missing man and the leak. Against a backdrop of radical student protests, neo‑Nazi agitation, and delicate negotiations in Brussels, the window for resolution narrows rapidly. London security operative Alan Turner is sent to Bonn to locate Harting and retrieve the files, facing a collision of Germany’s past, present, and future in a tense, dangerous pursuit.
First publish date: 1968
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: John le Carré
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