waiting American strike force. After their deaths, Sasha's past with the Stasi and Mundy's Islamic sympathies are used by the CIA and right-leaning American press outlets to portray them as terrorists "with connections to Al-Qaeda", in efforts to convince the German government to support the United States in its War on Terror. After Mundy's death, Amory, his controller from the British intelligence service during his espionage years, tries to publicize the truth, but slander by the British government results in his story being totally discredited. Mundy's girlfriend and her son are deported, and Germany enters the War on Terror; per their wills, Mundy and Sasha are each buried beside their mothers in their respective home countries. Characters Ted Mundy: The student activist, British spy and naïve ideologue. Sasha: His "Absolute friend" The Major: Mundy's alcoholic father Kate: Mundy's ex-wife Zara: Mundy's Turkish girlfriend. Mustafa: Zara's 11-year-old son Nicholas Amory: Mundy's MI6 case officer Jay O'Rourke: Amory's CIA counterpart External links Reviews British spy novels Novels by John le Carré 2003 British novels Novels set in Germany Hodder & Stoughton books