"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
The Night Manager.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. A pre-publication presentation copy. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.443; [5]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15.99. SIGNED and dated 'June '93' by the author to the title page (the book was published on 7th July 1993). Clean and fresh throughout. Basis for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning serial starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. John le Carre won the 1963 Somerset Maugham award and the 1977 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, two of the most prestigious literary awards in Britain. Le Carre's experiences as an MI6 agent informed his spy novels and the series character George Smiley, created as an antidote to James Bond. His friend, author Nicholas Shakespeare, the official biographer of Ian Fleming, suggests in an interview with The Spectator that the pseudonym Le Carre (real name David Cornwell), was inspired by James Bond's memorable first opponent Le Chiffre. Item #75256
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