John le Carré: The Russia House (UK 2020) From the Publisher: Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to haunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. Both are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if the human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries... John le Carré: The Russia House. Penguin Classics, ISBN: 9780241337202 (March, 2020), 448 p., £14.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (UK 2011) From the Publisher: Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken promise returns to haunt him. A reluctant Barley is quickly trained by British Intelligence and sent to Moscow to liaise with a go-between, the beautiful Katya. Both are lonely and disillusioned. Each is increasingly certain that if the human race is to have any future, all must betray their countries... John le Carré: The Russia House. Penguin Classics, ISBN: 9780141196350 (May, 2011), 452 p., £9.99, eBook £4.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (UK 2006) From the Publisher: John le Carré: The Russia House. Sceptre, ISBN: 0340937661 (September, 2006), 464 p., £7.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (USA 2004) From the Publisher: In Moscow, a sheaf of military secrets changes hands. If it arrives at its destination, and if its import is understood, the consequences could be cataclysmic. Along the way it has an explosive impact on the lives of three people: a Soviet physicist burdened with secrets; a beautiful young Russian woman to whom the papers are entrusted; and Barley Blair, a bewildered English publisher pressed into service by British Intelligence to ferret out the document's source. A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage, The Russia House catches history in the act. For as the Iron Curtain begins to rust and crumble, Blair is left to sound a battle cry that may fall on deaf ears. John le Carré: The Russia House. With an introduction by the author. Scribner's, ISBN: 0743464664 (January, 2004), 368 p., $17.00.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (UK 2001) From the Publisher: John le Carré: The Russia House. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340733667 (July, 2001), 461 p., £17.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (USA 2000) From the Publisher: At a small British trade fair in Moscow, a message of global importance is made up of three very fragile human links: a Soviet physicist (code name Bluebird) burdened with a secret knowledge; a beautiful young Russian woman to whom the papers are entrusted; and Barley Blair, a bewildered English publisher pressed into service by British Intelligence to ferret out the source of the document. A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage, The Russia House catches history in the act. John le Carré: The Russia House. A Novel. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0671042793 (May, 2000), 434 p., $7.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (UK 2000) From the Publisher: John le Carré: The Russia House. Sceptre, ISBN: 0340766514 (January, 2000), 460 p., £6.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (UK 1999) From the Publisher: Blair, jazz-loving, drink-marinated, dishevelled, is hardly to the taste of the spymasters, yet he has to be used - sent to the Soviet Union to make contact. Katya, the Moscow intermediary, is beautiful, thoughtful, equally sceptical of all state ideology. Together, as the safe cliches of hostility disintegrate, they may represent the future - an idea that is anathema to the entrenched espionage professionals on both sides. THE RUSSIA HOUSE: a spy story, a love story, and a fable for our time. John le Carré: The Russia House. Coronet, ISBN: 0340511214 (September, 1999), 432 p., £5.99.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (USA 1990) From the Publisher: THE RUSSIA HOUSE John le Carré: The Russia House. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553285343 (December, 1990), 421 p., $5.95.
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John le Carré: The Russia House (USA 1990) From the Publisher: THE RUSSIA HOUSE John le Carré: The Russia House. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553285343 (June, 1990), 421 p., $5.95.
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