01086nam a2200181Ia 4500 20260709123650.0 250523s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 9780241966419 23 823 CAR Carré, John Le A Delicate Truth / John Le Carré London : Penguin, 2013. 309 p. ; 20 cm. A Delicate Truth is a contemporary spy novel set against the backdrop of the global war on terror. A covert Anglo-American counterterrorism operation in Gibraltar, code-named Wildlife, is publicly hailed as a success. However, years later, a young Foreign Office official and a retired British diplomat uncover evidence suggesting the mission concealed political manipulation, abuse of power, and the influence of private military contractors. The novel explores themes of secrecy, government accountability, morality in intelligence work, and the consequences of political deception. Intelligence service--Great Britain--Fiction Government accountability--Fiction RBK 63240 63240 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2025-05-23 0.00 0 823 CAR G4329 2025-05-23 00:00:00 2025-05-23 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection