Pracovné rare brilliance' Times Charmer, fabulista a tailor na Panama's rich and powerful, Harry Pendel loves to tell stories. Ale keď britská spy Andrew Osnard - muž veľkého prekvapenia, pre ženy, informácie a všetky peniaze - prechádzky do svojho shopu, Harry's fantastické inventions vzal na život ich svojho. Soon he finds himself z jeho depth v international game he can never hope to win. Le Carre's savage satire na espionage trade je set v korupte univerzite bez heroes alebo honour, kde innocent sú collateral damage a treachery plays out as tragic farce. 'A tour de force in which every convention of the classic spy novels is violated' The New York Times Book Review