THE NIGHT MANAGER by le CARRE, JOHN - 1993

London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1993]., 1993. First edition. First edition. Signed on the title page by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier turned night manager in a luxury hotel in Cairo, ends up in possession of confidential documents about illegal weapon trades, and turns them into the International Enforcement Agency in London. A few years later, while working in Switzerland, he is recruited by an intelligence officer who's investigating Richard Onslow Roper, a corrupt businessman with ties to the secret arms trade. Having learned to hate and fear Roper more than any man on earth, Pine is willing to do whatever it takes to help the agents at Whitehall bring him down.