In the shadowy world of espionage, even the smallest mission can be fatal.
The Circus handles politics. The Department handles war—or at least it used to. Long dormant and stripped of power, the Department seizes a chance at revival when a film canister smuggled from Helsinki hints at Soviet missiles near the West German border. But when their agent turns up dead, the film vanishes, and the stakes spiral out of control.
Enter John Avery, the Department’s youngest and last real hope. Tasked with sending an aging, war-scarred agent into the East, Avery must navigate a world where nothing is what it seems—and where loyalty is a liability.
The Looking Glass War is John le Carré’s haunting tale of espionage, ambition, and the cost of chasing faded glory.
