《A Delicate Truth》是Viking出版的圖書，作者是John le Carré
基本介紹
- 作者：John le Carré
- 出版時間：2013年4月25日
- 出版社：Viking
- 頁數：320 頁
- ISBN：9780670922796
- 定價：£18.99
內容簡介
If the only thing necessary to the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, how can he keep silent? If a decade of diplomatic life had taught Toby Bell one thing, it was to treat every crisis as normal and soluble. A covert counter-terror operation codenamed "Wildlife" to be mounted on the Rock of Gibraltar. This one is right off the books. The target codenamed "PUNTER". Our boys on land, the American mercenaries by sea. Kit Probyn, Foreign Office upright veteran with a safe pair of hands and no previous experience of the dark arts, to be the Minister's eyes and ears on the ground. His "red telephone". Toby Bell, rising Foreign Office star and the Minister's Personal Private Secretary, has been kept out of the loop. Why? Whispers of private armies, bounty, dicey intelligence, corporate wars. A disgraced Special Forces Soldier who took part in "Wildlife" delivers a message from the dead. The worlds of Toby Bell and Kit Probyn collide. If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, at what point do these two good men become guilty bystanders? A Delicate Truth is a furiously paced story of moral dilemma, personal guilt, bold action and unexpected love. 約翰•勒卡雷，原名大衛•約翰•摩爾•康納爾，英國間諜小說家。早年曾供職於英國情報部門，後開始以筆名創作小說。勒卡雷憑藉小說《柏林諜影》一舉成名，當時著名的小說家格雷厄姆•格林如此盛讚：“這是我讀過的最好的間諜小說！”從此奠定了文壇大師的地位。 勒卡雷一生得獎無數，1964年獲得英國毛姆獎，1965年獲美國推理作家協會的愛倫坡大獎，1988年更獲頒英國推理作家協會（CWA）終身成就獎（另外分別在1963年與1977年獲頒金匕首獎）等。2008年，在《時代》雜誌評選的“1945年以來最偉大的五十位英國作家”名單上，勒卡雷名列第22位。2011年，勒卡雷獲歌德學院頒發的歌德獎。 勒卡雷的作品不僅受到全球各大媒體的矚目與讀者的歡迎，更因充滿戲劇元素與張力，被多次翻拍成了影視劇。他的最新作品有《我們這種叛徒》、《微妙的真相》。
