Le Carre also has a new book, The Little Drummer Girl which is set within the conflict in the Middle East. The BBC will be presenting a six-part adaptation in October featuring Alexander Skarsgard and Florence Pugh and it is being produced by the same team behind the award winning The Night Manager. Penguin are extremely excited about bringing the work of John le Carre to an even wider audience. They sent me a copy of The Night Manager to read and review:
At the start of it all, Johnathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities- about an international businessman at the hotel with suspicious dealings- backfires terribly, and people close to Pine begin to die, he commits himself to a battle against powerful forces he cannot begin to imagine.
In a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carre creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted.
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 473
As so many people did, I loved the BBC adaptation of The Night Manager and binge watched the whole lot with my husband who for once did not moan too much about having to explain the plot to me. I was a little daunted to read the book but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It did take me while to get into it and work out out how everyone fitted together but once I'd got a handle on it all I felt as though I could keep up.
Johnathan Pine holds the story together, he is the night manager at a luxury hotel but he becomes embroiled in a dark and corrupt criminal world when he goes undercover to seek vengeance for events in the past. He is after Richard Roper, a billionaire arms and drug dealer; what Johnathan doesn't know is that Roper has ties to MI6 and soon P
ine has no idea who the good guys are. Throw into this Pine falling in love with Jed, Roper's mistress and you have a very tangled and dangerous web.
My favourite character was actually Major Corkoran who is Roper's front man, he is in no way a likeable character but I did feel sorry for him as he is convinced that Pine is undercover but no-one believes him. He is like a little ticking time-bomb within the story.
I've not read any of John le Carre's other books but I have heard many people say that this is the most accessible so it could be a good place to start if you have been thinking of trying some of his books.
Penguin also very kindly gave me a copy of The Night Manager to give away, all you have to do is leave a comment below this post and I will pick a winner at random. You have until midnight on Tuesday 2nd October and this competition is open to UK residents only!
3 comments:
I've wanted to read The Night Manager for the longest time! Great post x
I also watched and enjoyed the BBC series and was interested to see how, like many book-to-screen adaptations, it compared to the book.
I haven't read any of John le Carre's books before, would love to give them a try
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