Book description
Charlie is a promiscuous, unsuccessful, left-wing English actress in
her twenties. She is in search of commitment. But to what, and to
whom? We meet her first with a group of acting kids, taking a holiday
on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Kurtz is an embattled Israeli immigrant, and an officer of Israeli
intelligence. His job is to stop terrorist acts against Jews in
Europe.
Michel is the French cover-name for the Palestinian boy who, with his
brother, has come to Europe to lift the world by its ears and make it
listen to his people's agony.
Joseph is the name which Charlie and her friends have given to the
handsome, solitary bather lying on the beach at Mykonos, who seems to
need nothing but a water bottle and his little library of left-wing
literature.
Helga is an educated German girl of the middle classes, who believes
that only action can speak for ideas.
The Little Drummer Girl is a thrilling, deeply moving and
courageous novel.
