A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre Paperback Book 9780241322420

One of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published GuardianAn illegal Muslim immigrant arrives in Hamburg with a traumatic past and the key to a fortune held in a private bank He says his name is Issa To the idealistic young human rights lawyer Annabel determined to save him from deportation he is a worthy cause To the intelligence services of Britain Germany and America however he is a potential jihadist and a pawn between them as they seek to make a kill in the war on terror A Most Wanted Man is a gripping and disquieting story of paranoia disillusionment and betrayal in the moral nomans land of the post911 world A firstclass novel about the most pressing concerns of our time Daily Telegraph