A Small Town In Germany

A Small Town in Germany – John le Carré – 1970 Pan Books – Sold by Crappy Old Books

Spies, bureaucracy, and post-war paranoia — now with that unmistakable 1970s Pan paperback aroma. In A Small Town in Germany, le Carré swaps the glamour of exotic espionage for the damp corridors of Bonn, where a missing file and a missing man stir up Cold War tensions. Expect political intrigue, prickly diplomats, and more cigarette smoke than fresh air.

Our copy? It’s survived half a century, possibly in the back of a desk drawer, possibly under someone’s tea mug. The cover shows its age like a true veteran of the paperback front, the pages have gone a warm shade of “nicotine chic,” and there may be a whiff of Cold War dust still trapped inside.

Perfect for anyone who enjoys first-rate spy fiction… and doesn’t mind if their books look like they’ve been on covert operations themselves.

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