The Tailor of Panama
by John Le Carre
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Harry Pendel keeps his past a secret from everyone including his wife. He offers in its stead an alternate version, which he has carefully constructed. But everything changes when British agent Andrew Osnard barges into his shop one Friday brandishing the truth like a weapon. Osnard is willing to keep Harry's secret as long as Harry agrees to do a little intelligence gathering for him. Desperate to retain his identity, Harry accepts the assignment, but he's so eager to please that he will do anything to tell his bosses what they want to hear.
Editions of The Tailor of Panama
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Ballantine Books |
Date 1997 |
Price $1.00 |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 1996 |
Price $1.00 |
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Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher Random House |
Date 1996 |
Price $1.00 |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 1996 |
Price None Available |
Publisher Notes
In a novel about global politics and the fate of truth in modern times, Harry Pendel, a tailor in Panama City who can claim politicians, presidents, crooks, and conmen among his customers, becomes an unlikely spy for British intelligence.
Media Reviews
"Harry represents something like the converse worry: the possibility of the terminal invasion of the material world by rampant fictions...le Carre evokes as no one else can the eerie territory in which truth and lies cross over and sometimes cross back again."
First Line
"It was a perfectly ordinary Friday afternoon in tropical Panama until Andrew Osnard barged into Harry Pendel's shop asking to be measured for a suit. When he barged in, Pendel was one person. By the time he barged out again Pendel was another."
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