A Delicate Truth A Novel
A Delicate Truth A Novel by John le Carré is a reprint edition published by Penguin Publishing Group on April 29, 2014. This 320-page novel delves into a counter-terrorist operation, code-named Wildlife, set in the British crown colony of Gibraltar. The operation aims to capture a high-value jihadist arms buyer and involves an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor, and a dubious CIA operative. The narrative unfolds three years later when a disgraced Special Forces soldier brings forth unsettling revelations about the operation’s true nature.
Readers will find a complex exploration of morality and duty as Toby Bell, the Minister’s private secretary, grapples with the implications of Operation Wildlife. Summoned to a decaying manor house by retired diplomat Sir Christopher “Kit” Probyn, Toby faces a moral dilemma that challenges his loyalty to his service against the backdrop of espionage and military intrigue. The novel weaves themes of deception and accountability, inviting readers to reflect on the consequences of silence in the face of wrongdoing.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies.
“A novel that beckons us beyond any and all expectations.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
A counter-terrorist operation, code-named Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor who is also his bosom friend, and a shady American CIA operative of the evangelical far-right. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister’s personal private secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it.
Three years later, a disgraced Special Forces Soldier delivers a message from the dead. Was Operation Wildlife the success it was cracked up to be—or a human tragedy that was ruthlessly covered up? Summoned by Sir Christopher “Kit” Probyn, retired British diplomat, to his decaying Cornish manor house, and closely observed by Kit’s daughter, Emily, Toby must choose between his conscience and duty to his Service. If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, how can he keep silent?
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