<b>From the “literary master for a generation” (<I>The London</i> <I>Observer</i>) comes a fiercely com-<I> </i>pelling and current novel set in Hamburg that plays to all of le CarrÉ's trademark strengths— Germany, rival intelligence operations, and sympathetic protagonists who discover a taste for moral integrity.</b><P>A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled  into  Hamburg  at  dead  of night.  He  has  an  improbable amount  of  cash  secreted  in  a purse  round  his  neck.  He  is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa.<P>Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's survival becomes more important to her than her own career—or safety. <P>In pursuit of Issa's mysterious past, she confronts the incon- gruous Tommy Brue, the sixty- year-old scion of Brue FrÈres, a failing British bank based in Hamburg.<P>Annabel, Issa, and Brue form an unlikely alliance—and a triangle of impossible loves is born.  Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the so-called War on Terror, the spies of three nations converge upon the innocents.<P>Poignant, compassionate, peopled   with   characters the reader never wants to let go, <I>A Most Wanted Man</i><P>is alive with humor, yet prickles with tension until the last heart-stopping page. It is a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times.