Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Giveaway - A - Day Week - Tuesday - The Tailor of Panama(Ends 5/18)

Today is day 3 of a week of giving away a book a day.





The synopsis of the book:
A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of John le Carré, the greatest spy novelist of the Cold War era, continues his post-Cold War quest to define the genre he helped perfect. The classic spy novel was essentially a story of good (England, the United States) vs. evil (Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union), in which good more or less prevailed. The Tailor of Panama is something else entirely: a spy novel with no spies in which the bad guys reap most of the rewards. It is also a viciously funny satire. The novel is set in Panama, where a plot is in place to make void the Panama Treaty, which would return control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians in 1999. At the center of events is Harry Pendel, the tailor of the title. Coerced into working for British Intelligence, he concocts out of whole cloth a left-wing movement with the goal of luring the American military to do the dirty work--invade Panama à la 1989 and nullify the treaty. From the characters to the setting, le Carré has succeeded in setting new parameters for an old genre. [close]

If you are interested please (this is an international giveaway):

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2)please leave your email address so that I can contact you if you win.

13 comments:

  1. I would love to win and read this novel.
    It sounds like a good read.
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  2. I'm already a follower!

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  3. This sounds like a very interesting book, I would love to read it.

    I am a follower on Google.

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  4. I have heard great things about this book, please enter me!

    I forgot to tell you this before, but thank you SO MUCH for making these giveaway international!!

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  5. What a great book: a little espionage; a little mystery; a little adventure. All the perfect ingredients for superb read. I would love to read it

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  12. I would love to win this one.
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  13. I'd love to read this book - please count me in!
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