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The Naive and Sentimental Lover
- Author
- John le Carré
- Narrator
- Sam Phillips
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 27 February 2025
- Run Time
- 16 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears luxurious clothes. But his soothing existence is upended when he meets Shamus and Helen - a dazzling, bohemian couple who are everything he is not. As he is drawn into their reckless and unpredictable orbit, all that Cassidy thought he understood about his orderly life begins to unravel.
Told with le Carré's lacerating wit and penetrating observation, The Naive and Sentimental Lover is an acerbic satire of middle-class hypocrisies.
'Splendid ... le Carré shows how endowed he is with the gift of storytelling' The Times
'Le Carré is the equal of any novelist now writing' Guardian
©1971 le Carré Productions (P)2025 Penguin Audio
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Details
- Author
- John le Carré
- Narrator
- Sam Phillips
- Duration
- 16 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9781802068115
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears luxurious clothes. But his soothing existence is upended when he meets Shamus and Helen - a dazzling, bohemian couple who are everything he is not. As he is drawn into their reckless and unpredictable orbit, all that Cassidy thought he understood about his orderly life begins to unravel.Told with le Carré's lacerating wit and penetrating observation, The Naive and Sentimental Lover is an acerbic satire of middle-class hypocrisies.'Splendid ... le Carré shows how endowed he is with the gift of storytelling' The Times'Le Carré is the equal of any novelist now writing' Guardian©1971 le Carré Productions (P)2025 Penguin Audio
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