The Tailor of Panama (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: John le Carre
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Panama and London
- Principal Characters: Harry Pendel, Louisa Pendel, Andrew Osnard, Marta, Mickie Abraxas, Benny Pendel, Dr. Ernesto Delgado, Francesca Deane, Maltby, Nigel Stormont, Scottie Luxmore
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Politics, Love or romance, Guilt, Christianity, Espionage or spies, Judaism, Comedy, Panama or Panamanians
- Locales: London, England, Panama
The end of the Cold War has hardly left espionage novelist John le Carré searching desperately for material. After all, the world is still crammed with politicians, militarists, diplomats, spies, revolutionaries, criminals, the greedy looking for easy money, and romantics longing for adventure, all the necessary ingredients for international duplicity. Le Carré’s unusual twist in The Tailor of Panama is having as his protagonist a tailor, a mild-mannered husband and father, a most unlikely spy.
Le Carré’s model, as he notes in his acknowledgments, is Graham...
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