Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. John le Carr 's new novel, Agent Running in the Field, is coming October 2019. In this exquisitely told novel, John le Carr shows us once again his acute understanding of the world we live in and where power really lies. In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and with Britain on the brink of economic ruin, a young English couple takes a vacation in Antigua. There they meet Dima, a Russian who styles himself the world's Number One money-launderer and who wants, among other things, a game of tennis. Back in London, the couple is subjected to an interrogation by the British Secret service who also need their help. Their acquiescence will lead them on a precarious journey through Paris to a safe house in Switzerland, helpless pawns in a game of nations that reveals the unholy alliances between the Russian mafia, the City of London, the government and the competing factions of the British Secret Service.In 1931, John le Carre was born. He taught at Eton and served in the British Foreign Service for five years after attending the universities of Berne and Oxford. His third book, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, cemented his international fame. The Constant Gardener, based on his novel, was adapted into a hit film. He spends equal amounts of time in England and on the continent.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9781408467398 |
| Title | Our Kind of Traitor |
| Release date | 2010-09-16 |
| Format | Abridged Audiobook |
| Studio | BBC Audiobooks Ltd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | John Le Carre |