New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. First Ballantine Books Domestic Edition [Stated]. First printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [10], 337, [5] pages. Map. The front cover is creased and has other wear and soiling. Ink notation on title page. With the Cold War fought and won, British spymaster Tim Cranmer accepts early retirement to rural England and a new life with his alluring young mistress, Emma. But when both Emma and Cranmer's star double agent and lifelong rival, Larry Pettifer, disappear, Cranmer is suddenly on the run, searching for his brilliant protégé, desperately eluding his former colleagues, in a frantic journey across Europe and into the lawless, battered landscapes of Moscow and southern Russia, to save whatever of his life he has left. David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré (was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. He is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Le Carré's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international bestseller, was adapted as an award-winning film and remains one of his best-known works. His novels which have been adapted for film or television include The Looking Glass War (1965), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1979), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), The Constant Gardener (2001), A Most Wanted Man (2008), and Our Kind of Traitor (2010). More