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''Wonderful'' The New York Times

Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous ''theatre of the real''. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to trap and kill a Palestinian terrorist, it threatens to consume her.

Set in the tragic arena of the Middle East conflict, this compelling story of love and torn loyalties plays out against the backdrop of an unwinnable war.

''The Little Drummer Girl is about spies as Madame Bovary is about adultery or Crime and Punishment about crime'' The New York Times

The Little Drummer Girl

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A Paperback / softback by John le Carré

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 27/09/2018
    ISBN13: 9780241322376, 978-0241322376
    ISBN10: 0241322375
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''Wonderful'' The New York Times

    Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous ''theatre of the real''. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to trap and kill a Palestinian terrorist, it threatens to consume her.

    Set in the tragic arena of the Middle East conflict, this compelling story of love and torn loyalties plays out against the backdrop of an unwinnable war.

    ''The Little Drummer Girl is about spies as Madame Bovary is about adultery or Crime and Punishment about crime'' The New York Times

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