Cover of The Night ManagerB-
FinishedJune 26, 2017
GradeB-
GenreThriller
PublisherBallantine Books, 2015
★ Review · June 26, 2017

The Night Manager

by John le Carré


Not my favorite le Carré. The plot didn't pull me through the story. But I enjoyed the ending and the ambiguity.

Publisher Description

NOW A HIT STREAMING SERIES • The acclaimed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy “A splendidly exciting, finely told story . . . masterly in its conception.”—The New York Times Book Review John le Carré, the legendary author of sophisticated spy thrillers, is at the top of his game in this classic novel of a world in chaos. With the Cold War over, a new era of espionage has begun. In the power vacuum left by the Soviet Union, arms dealers and drug smugglers have risen to immense influence and wealth. The sinister master of them all is Richard Onslow Roper, the charming, ruthless Englishman whose operation seems untouchable. Slipping into this maze of peril is Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier who’s currently the night manager of a posh hotel in Zurich. Having learned to hate and fear Roper more than any man on earth, Pine is willing to do whatever it takes to help the agents at Whitehall bring him down—and personal vengeance is only part of the reason why.

Where this fits · 2017 reading log
Book 16 of 2017 · the 1st Thriller read of the year.