A Perfect Spy

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A Perfect Spy is a 1986 espionage novel by John le Carré that explores identity, betrayal, and loyalty through the life of a deeply conflicted British intelligence officer.

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A Perfect Spy canonical 1
A Perfect Spy (TV series) 1

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instanceOf espionage novel
novel
adaptationNetwork BBC
adaptationReleaseYear 1987
adaptationType television miniseries
adaptedAs A Perfect Spy (TV series)
linked to: A Perfect Spy
author John le Carré
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist Hodder & Stoughton design department
linked to: Hodder & Stoughton
criticalReception widely acclaimed
describedByAuthorAs his most autobiographical novel
genre espionage fiction
psychological novel
spy fiction
hasISBN 9780340397013
hasPart flashback sequences
hasSubject British intelligence services
Cold War espionage
construction of personal identity
double agents
personal and political betrayal
inspiredBy John le Carré's experiences in British intelligence
John le Carré's relationship with his father
language English
literaryPeriod late 20th-century literature
mainCharacter Jack Brotherhood
Magnus Pym
Rick Pym
mediaType print
narrativeForm nonlinear narrative
notableFor autobiographical elements
detailed psychological portrait of a spy
pageCount approx. 600
partOf John le Carré bibliography
linked to: John le Carré
publicationDate 1986
publisher Hodder & Stoughton
setIn Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
theme betrayal
espionage and double lives
father–son relationship
identity
loyalty

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John le Carré notableWork A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy adaptedAs A Perfect Spy (TV series)
linked to: A Perfect Spy