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Absolute friends

By chance and not by choice, Ted Mundy, eternal striver, failed writer, and expatriate son of a British Army officer, used to be a spy. But that was in the good old Cold War days when a cinder-block wall divided Berlin and the enemy was easy to recognize. Today, Mundy is a down-at-heel tour guide in southern Germany, dodging creditors, supporting a new family, and keeping an eye out for trouble while in spare moments vigorously questioning the actions of the country he once bravely served. And trouble finds him, as it has before, in the shape of his old German student friend, radical, and one-time fellow spy, the crippled Sasha, seeker after absolutes, dreamer, and chaos addict. After years of trawling the Middle East and Asia as an itinerant university lecturer, Sasha has yet again discovered the true, the only answer to life-this time in the form of a mysterious billionaire philanthropist named Dimitri. Thanks to Dimitri, both Mundy and Sasha will find a path out of poverty, and with it their chance to change a world that both believe is going to the devil. Or will they?

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  • "Absolute friends"@pl
  • "Absolute friends"
  • "Absolute friends"@it
  • "Absolute friends"@es
  • "Achim Höppner liest John Le Carré, Absolute Freunde"

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  • "Follows friends and fellow ex-spies, Ted Mundy and Sasha, as they attempt to change their lives and the world in which they live, covering their new escapades in Germany and the ones from their past."
  • "Een Engelse spion en zijn vrouwelijke Duitse tegenvoeter bevinden zich na de val van de Berlijnse Muur in een vacuüm dat lijkt te worden gevuld als zich na 9 september 2001 een nieuwe vijand aandient."
  • "By chance and not by choice, Ted Mundy, eternal striver, failed writer, and expatriate son of a British Army officer, used to be a spy. But that was in the good old Cold War days when a cinder-block wall divided Berlin and the enemy was easy to recognize. Today, Mundy is a down-at-heel tour guide in southern Germany, dodging creditors, supporting a new family, and keeping an eye out for trouble while in spare moments vigorously questioning the actions of the country he once bravely served. And trouble finds him, as it has before, in the shape of his old German student friend, radical, and one-time fellow spy, the crippled Sasha, seeker after absolutes, dreamer, and chaos addict. After years of trawling the Middle East and Asia as an itinerant university lecturer, Sasha has yet again discovered the true, the only answer to life-this time in the form of a mysterious billionaire philanthropist named Dimitri. Thanks to Dimitri, both Mundy and Sasha will find a path out of poverty, and with it their chance to change a world that both believe is going to the devil. Or will they?"@en
  • "Tells of the continuing relationship of a British soldier's son born in Pakistan in 1947 and the refugee son of an East German pastor who seeks sanctuary in the West."
  • "Ted Mundy, British soldier born in 1947 in a new independent Pakistan, and Sasha, refugee son of an East German Lutheran pastor and his wife meet as students in the riot-torn West Berlin of the late Sixties, again in the grimy looking glass of Cold War espionage and, most terribly, in today's world of terror. A savage fable of our times."
  • "This epic tale of loyalty and betrayal spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances. This is the novel le Carr fans have been waiting for, a brilliant, ferocious, heartbreaking work for the ages."@en
  • "Double agents Teddy Mundy and Sasha are reunited to fight America's Operation Iraqi Freedom, building a network to gather information and expose the machinations of the world powers."
  • "Ted Mundy, British soldier's son born 1947 in the new Republic of Pakistan and Sasha, son of an East German Lutheran pastor, first meet as students in West Berlin in the late 60s, then again in the grimy looking-glass of Cold War espionage and, most terribly, in the modern world of terror."
  • "Follows the fates of fellow ex-spies Ted Mundy and Sasha, as they attempt to change their lives and the world in which they live, chronicling their exploits from West Berlin, through the politics of Cold War Europe, to the present day."@en
  • "By chance and not by choice, Ted Mundy, eternal striver, failed writer, and expatriate son of a British Army officer, used to be a spy. But that was in the good old Cold War days, when a cinder-block wall divided Berlin and the enemy was easy to recognize. Today, Mundy is a down-at-the-heels tour guide in southern Germany, dodging creditors, supporting a new family, and keeping an eye out for trouble while in spare moments vigorously questioning the actions of the country he once bravely served. And trouble finds him, as it has before, in the shape of an old German student friend, radical, and onetime fellow spy, the crippled Sasha, seeker after absolutes, dreamer, and chaos addict. After years of trawling the Middle East and Asia as an itinerant university lecturer, Sasha has yet again discovered the true, the only, answer to life-this time in the form of a mysterious billionaire philanthropist named Dimitri. Thanks to Dimitri, both Mundy and Sasha will find a path out of poverty, and with it their chance to change a world that both believe is going to the devil."@en
  • "ABSOLUTE FRIENDS is a superbly paced novel spanning fifty-six years, a theatrical masterstroke of tragi-comic writing, and a savage fable of our times, almost of our hours. The friends of the title are Ted Mundy, British soldier's son born 1947 in a shining new independent Pakistan, and Sasha, refugee son of an East German Lutheran pastor and his wife who have sought sanctuary in the West. The two men meet first as students in riot-torn West Berlin of the late Sixties, again in the grimy looking-glass of Cold War espionage and, most terribly, in today's unipolar world of terror, counter-terror and the war of lies. Deriving its scale from A PERFECT SPY and its passion from THE CONSTANT GARDENER, le Carre's new novel presents us with magical writing, characters to delight, and a spellbinding story that enchants even as it challenges."
  • "A ferocious new novel from the master: when a man's good heart is his worst enemy ... By chance and not by choice, Ted Mundy, eternal striver, failed writer, and expatriate son of a British Army officer, used to be a spy. But that was in the good old Cold War days, when a cinder-block wall divided Berlin and the enemy was easy to recognize. Today, Mundy is a down-at-the-heels tour guide in southern Germany, dodging creditors, supporting a new family, and keeping an eye out for trouble while in spare moments vigorously questioning the actions of the country he once bravely served. And trouble finds him, as it has before, in the shape of an old German student friend, radical, and onetime fellow spy, the crippled Sasha, seeker after absolutes, dreamer, and chaos addict. After years of trawling the Middle East and Asia as an itinerant university lecturer, Sasha has yet again discovered the true, the only, answer to life-this time in the form of a mysterious billionaire philanthropist named Dimitri. Thanks to Dimitri, both Mundy and Sasha will find a path out of poverty, and with it their chance to change a world that both believe is going to the devil. Or will they' Who is Dimitri' Why does Dimitri's gold pour in from mysterious Middle Eastern bank accounts' And why does his apparently noble venture reek less of starry idealism than of treachery and fear' Some gifts are too expensive to accept. Could this be one of them' With a cooler head than Sasha's, Mundy is inclined to think it could. In Absolute Friends, John le Carre delivers the masterpiece he has been building to since the fall of communism: an epic tale of loyalty and betrayal that spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances. This is the novel le Carre fans have been waiting for, a brilliant, ferocious, heartbreaking work for the ages."@en
  • "The friends of the title are Ted Mundy, British soldier's son born 1947 in a shining new independent Pakistan, and Sasha, refugee son of an East German Lutheran pastor and his wife who have sought sanctuary in the West. They met as students in riot-torn West Berlin of the late sixties."
  • "Ted Mundy used to be a spy but that was in the good old cold war days. Now he is a down-at-the-heels tour guide in southern Germany. And trouble finds him in the shape of an old German student friend, onetime fellow spy, the crippled Sasha."

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  • "Powieść szpiegowska angielska"
  • "Spy novels"
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Roman d'espionnage"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Translations"
  • "Roman policier anglais"
  • "Špionážní romány"
  • "Roman à suspense"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Spy stories"
  • "Spy stories"@en
  • "Spy stories"@es
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@es
  • "Spy thrillers"
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "Absolutni pratele"
  • "Absolute freunde"
  • "Ḥaverim muḥlaṭim"
  • "Apolytoi philoi"
  • "Apsolutni prijatelji"
  • "Przyjaźń absolutna"@pl
  • "Przyjaźń absolutna"
  • "Absolute vrienden"
  • "Absolutte venner : roman"@da
  • "Absoli︠u︡tnye druzʹi︠a︡"
  • "Absolutní přátelé"
  • "Amici assoluti"@it
  • "Amici assoluti"
  • "Absolute friends <dt.&gt"
  • "Une amitié absolue : roman"
  • "Absolute friends"@en
  • "Absolute friends"
  • "Ylimmät ystävät"@fi
  • "Absolute Friends"@en
  • "Absolute Friends"
  • "Absoluta vanner"
  • "Amigos absolutos"
  • "Amigos absolutos"@es
  • "Absolutte venner"
  • "Absolute Freunde"
  • "Absoluta vänner"@sv
  • "Siki dostlar"
  • "Amics absoluts"
  • "Une amitie absolue"
  • "Amigos absolutos : novela"@es
  • "Absolute Freunde Roman"
  • "Absolute Freunde : Roman"
  • "Prietenie absoluta"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "<&gt"@en
  • "Prijatelja do konca"@sl
  • "חברים מוחלטים"

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