In The Night Manager, John Le Carr''s First Post-cold War Novel, An Ex-soldier Helps British Intelligence Penetrate The Secret World Of Ruthless Arms Dealers.''le Carr Is The Equal Of Any Novelist Now Writing In English'' Guardian''a Marvellously Observed Relentless Tale'' Observerat The Start Of It All, Jonathan Pine Is Merely The Night Manager At A Luxury Hotel. But When A Single Attempt To Pass On Information To The British Authorities - About An International Businessman At The Hotel With Suspicious Dealings - Backfires Terribly, And People Close To Pine Begin To Die, He Commits Himself To A Battle Against Powerful Forces He Cannot Begin To A Chilling Tale Of Corrupt Intelligence Agencies, Billion-dollar Price Tags And The Truth Of The Brutal Arms Trade, John Le Carr Creates A Claustrophobic World In Which No One Can Be Trusted.''complex And Intense. Page-turning Tension'' San Francisco Chronicle''when I Was Under House Arrest I Was Helped By The Books Of John Le Carr.