A Most Wanted Man.

LE CARRE, John.

$175.00

Item Number: 146340

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008.

First edition of this espionage thriller, the basis for the 2014 film of the same name starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, and Willem Dafoe. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author and cover photograph by Cristian Barnett.

John le Carré's 'A Most Wanted Man' is a satisfying critique of American policy under President George W. Bush with events and characters inspired by the real-life experiences of Turkish citizen Murat Kurnaz. Kurnaz was arrested in Pakistan in 2001, after which he was detained and tortured in American military detention camps until his release in 2006. Le Carré described Kurnaz's memoir 'Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo' as "[t]he most compassionate, truthful, and dignified account of the disgrace of Guantanamo that you are ever likely to read."