Le Carré makes one angry about injustice
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A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Le Carré weaves a story that plunges us into the new mantra, anything is legitimate if it defeats Islamist terror. The book left me very angry, not with Islamist suicide bombers (I already deplore them) but angry with the western intelligence agencies who justify what would be in other contexts, illegal actions, upon the slightest pretext. His story shadows the very real injustices being perpetrated both in the west and against the west. We live post 9/11 under the shadow of Guantanamo Bay.
A skeletally thin young Russian is smuggled into Hamburg with a large amount of cash in a purse around his neck. Issa appears to be a devout Muslim from Chechnya. Annabel, an idealistic German civil rights lawyer takes up his case, determined to save him from extradition back to more torture. The scars on his body and his emaciated state added to the stories of torture and narrow cells paint a harrowing picture of his past.
Issa comes with a key and an introduction of a British bank based in Hamburg. Tommy Brue, the 60 year old manager of the bank and son of the founder hides a dark secret about dirty money that Issa has come to claim. Tommy, Issa and Annabel form an unlikely alliance that begins to take on overtures of love.
Discovering Issa’s irregular arrival, the rival spies of Germany, England and America converge on the trio, having already decided about their involvement in the ‘War on Terror.’ Justice and innocence forget, they hound the trio.
Le Carré tells a suspenseful tale with a powerful moral warning for our western societies. I find his prose at times slow, his dialogue almost if it was between scholars rather than real people. But the story succeeds.
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A Most Wanted Man by John le CarréMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Le Carré weaves a story that plunges us into the new mantra, anything is legitimate if it defeats Islamist terror. The book left me very angry, not with Islamist suicide bombers (I already deplore them) but angry with the western intelligence agencies who justify what would be in other contexts, illegal actions, upon the slightest pretext. His story shadows the very real injustices being perpetrated both in the west and against the west. We live post 9/11 under the shadow of Guantanamo Bay.
A skeletally thin young Russian is smuggled into Hamburg with a large amount of cash in a purse around his neck. Issa appears to be a devout Muslim from Chechnya. Annabel, an idealistic German civil rights lawyer takes up his case, determined to save him from extradition back to more torture. The scars on his body and his emaciated state added to the stories of torture and narrow cells paint a harrowing picture of his past.
Issa comes with a key and an introduction of a British bank based in Hamburg. Tommy Brue, the 60 year old manager of the bank and son of the founder hides a dark secret about dirty money that Issa has come to claim. Tommy, Issa and Annabel form an unlikely alliance that begins to take on overtures of love.
Discovering Issa’s irregular arrival, the rival spies of Germany, England and America converge on the trio, having already decided about their involvement in the ‘War on Terror.’ Justice and innocence forget, they hound the trio.
Le Carré tells a suspenseful tale with a powerful moral warning for our western societies. I find his prose at times slow, his dialogue almost if it was between scholars rather than real people. But the story succeeds.
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