A spy by nature

Resumen del libro

For fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception... Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious - with a talent for deception. When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6, he is desperate to make his mark.

But life as a spy begins to take a terrible toll on himself and those around him, and soon Alec is chasing not just success but survival. Forced to work alone, he spins a web of deceit that traps him centre stage in a game of global espionage. In this new job, the difference between truth and a lie can be a matter of life and death.

And for Alec, it's getting harder to tell them apart... A Spy By Nature is the bestselling novel with which Charles Cumming announced his arrival as heir apparent to masters like John le Carre and Len Deighton; compellingly told, utterly authentic and heart-racingly intense, it will grip you till the very last page.

Biografía del autor

Charles Cumming (Ayr, Escocia, 1971) educado en Eton, se graduó en Literatura Inglesa por la Universidad de Edimburgo en 1994. Un año más tarde fue reclutado por MI6, el servicio de inteligencia británico, pero no acabó su periodo de formación y en 1996 se mudó a Montreal. Sus conocimientos sobre el mundo del espionaje le llevaron a escribir su primera obra, A Spy by Nature (2001), a la que siguieron The Hidden Man (2003), The Spanish Game (2006) y Typhoon (2008), con las que se ha convertido merecidamente en uno de los más aclamados escritores de novelas de espionaje. El sexto hombre es una de sus mejores novelas y la primera traducida al castellano.