A Perfect Spy
(John le Carre)
Set in the cold war, ?A Perfect Spy? by John le Carre is a compelling novel with a psychological depth which is rarely found in the genre. The book focuses on Magnus Pym, whom the title alludes to. Magnus is a model spy of the age; he is ambitious and glamorous with a beautiful wife and an intelligent son. He is the darling of British Intelligence, unfortunately and unbeknown to them he is also fiercely loyal to a spymaster who lurks behind the Iron Curtain.
When Rick Pym, Magnus? father dies, Magnus? world drops to pieces. He deserts the beautiful wife, herself a former spy, and seeks sanctuary in an obscure English guesthouse that has been his secret bolthole for many years.
Rick Pym has tormented Magnus throughout his life. Magnus alternately hero-worships and despises the legendary conman. These intense and conflicting feelings towards his father have given Magnus a reason to live, and when his father dies, he realises he is nothing. Without Rick, Magnus is an empty, lost and vulnerable man.
As the plot unfolds via a desperate manhunt for Magnus, the reader begins to understand Magnus so well that it almost feels like an intrusion on his privacy. This book is as powerful as a Shakespearian tragedy and when Magnus is finally tracked down, he takes a loaded gun into the guesthouse bathroom and shoots himself. In a moment loaded with pathos, before Magnus pulls the trigger, he swathes himself in towels so as not to inconvenience the landlady too much by spattering his brains everywhere.
?A Perfect Spy?, published in 1986, is not just a wonderful example of the genre; it is also an extremely well written novel. Le Carre writes with an empathy and passion which gathers the reader up and flings him into the psychologically disturbed mind of Magnus Pym. This book will stay with you.
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