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The school in this novel is based on the real-life school in Oxfordshire where Burgess worked in the early fifties

Paul Graham

Murdock's son Leslie Murdock visits Marlowe and tries to learn why his mother hired him

First edition (1989)

A Delicate Truth Lea thijs still-empty convention halls and carpetsFirst edition first impression in new condition flat signed by author to dedicated page. no markings this book is new and unread. About A Delicate Truth is a 2013 spy novel by British writer John le Carr. Set in 2008 and 2011, the book features a British American covert mission in Gibraltar and the subsequent consequences for two British civil servants.