Absolute Friends

Broke and working as a tour guide in Germany, rootless Englishman Ted Mundy catches a glimpse of an old friend hiding in the shadows. A friend he thought was lost to him. A friend who took him from radical 1960s Berlin to life as a double agent. Now, decades later, the Cold War is over and the war on terror has begun. Sasha has another mission for them both, but this time it is impossible to tell the difference between allies - and enemies.

Set in a world of lies and shifting allegiances, Absolute Friends is a savage fable of our times.

'The master has not lost his touch ... one of his most enthralling creations'

The Daily Telegraph

'Few could fail to be thrilled by the unbridled rage that fuels his storytelling ... he brings the thriller face to face with contemporary politics and, in the process, has once again demonstrated his mastery of his chosen genre'

The Observer

'Thoroughly gripping'

The Sunday Times

'This is vintage John le Carré, complex, often sardonically funny, always galvanically written'

The Daily Express

'John le Carré is still unequalled as he combines the personal with the political and gives another masterclass in the thriller writer's art, Absolute Friends'

Robert McCrum

Ted Mundy

Sasha

The Major

Kate

Zara

Mustafa

Nicholas Amory

Jay O'Rourke

West Berlin, Germany

East Germany

Bavaria, Germany