A Most Wanted Man Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 2008. A near fine copy. No previous owner's inscriptions or marks, clean and unblemished throughout. In like dust jacket with no creasing, tears or loss. No fading to spine and not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR directly to title page without dedication.

"A Most Wanted Man" by John le Carré is a taut espionage thriller set in post-9/11 Hamburg, Germany. It revolves around Issa Karpov, a mysterious Chechen-Russian with a murky past, who arrives seeking asylum and justice. His presence draws the attention of German intelligence, British MI6, and American agencies, each with their own agendas. Gunther Bachmann, a world-weary German spymaster, sees an opportunity to dismantle a terrorist financing network through Issa. The narrative explores themes of identity, morality in the age of counterterrorism, and the ethical dilemmas of surveillance and manipulation, culminating in a tense, morally ambiguous climax.