{"product_id":"9780141196350","title":"The Russia House","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Carre, John Le \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 May 2011 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e132 x 197 x 21 | 320g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn le Carr's first post-glasnost spy novel, The Russia House captures the effect of a slow and uncertain thaw on ordinary people and on the shadowy puppet-masters who command themBarley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to haunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. Both are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if the human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed The Russia House, you might like le Carr's The Secret Pilgrim, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Classic le Carr' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39944960671931,"sku":"9780141196350","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780141196350.jpg?v=1713458270","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780141196350","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}