A Most Wanted Man
John leCarré
It’s been a while since I’ve read leCarré, I Tinker Tailor’ed him and a couple of others about the same time but couldn’t get into any of his in-between books. A Most Wanted Man was easy to read, had no real ‘iron curtain’ material in it – although the main characters speak Russian – and it rattled on at a pace.
The book shyly refers to ‘the war on terror’ almost shamefacedly but revolves around a Chechen Muslim who has come into some money via his newly deceased father, a former Soviet General; guilty of criminal acts and murder across the Soviet empire – the son being the result of Chechen rape. All sorts of international organizations become involved and pressures are put to bear on two other principle characters – a lawyer and a banker.
A rattling read, something to while away the long-haul hours or under a sun umbrella.
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