Single & single : a novel

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Label

Single & single : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

John Le Carré

Title variation

Single and single

Creator

• Le Carré, John, 1931-
• trueLe Carre, John, 1931-

Subject

• trueInvestment bankers
• trueMagicians -- England
• trueMoney laundering
• Money laundering -- Fiction
• trueOrganized crime
• Organized crime -- Fiction
• trueRussia
• Russia -- Fiction
• trueSecret service -- Great Britain
• trueSpy fiction
• Adventure fiction
• trueBritish in foreign countries
• trueCapitalists and financiers -- England
• trueCriminals
• Domestic fiction
• trueEngland
• England -- Fiction
• trueFamily businesses
• Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction
• trueFathers and sons -- England
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• trueGeorgia (Republic)
• trueGreed
• Investment bankers -- Fiction

Genre

• trueSpy fiction
• Fiction
• Adventure fiction
• trueDomestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

A crooked father and an honest son are the protagonists of this novel on money laundering. The father is Tiger Single, owner of a British investment house, laundering money for criminals. His dream is to see his son follow in his footsteps, but the son is honest and will not have anything to do with him--until the father's life is threatened

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueIntricately plotted

Tone

• trueSuspenseful
• trueBleak

Writing style

• trueStylistically complex

Award

New York Times Notable Book, 1999

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.914

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6062.E33

LC item number

S49 1999

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult