Books

December, 1996

John Le Carré considers the fate of the Panama Canal in an unusual new spy thriller titled The Tailor of Panama (Knopf). This one begins with the recruitment of Harry Pendel, creator of English suits for the gentry of Panama City, by brash young British Intelligence agent Andrew Osnard. From the outset, it's clear that the author is up to something different: Le Carré has written a hilarious send-up of a le Carré spy novel.Pendel makes clothes for Panama's president, for bankers and drug dealers...

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