Our Game: John le Carré (Penguin Modern Classics)

Our Game: John le Carré (Penguin Modern Classics)

by John le Carré (Author)

Synopsis

Le Carre's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry -- dreamer, dissolute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim's mistress. As their trail takes him to the lawless wilds of Russia and the North Caucasus, he is forced to question everything he stood for. Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le Carre's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 28 Jan 2016

ISBN 10: 0241243610
ISBN 13: 9780241243619
Book Overview: Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le CarrU's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control.

Media Reviews
A wonderful book ... I cannot think of a more compelling read * Financial Times *
An absorbing and thought-provoking piece of work * The Times Literary Supplement *
Le Carre is in the first rank -- Ian McEwan
Author Bio
John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. His recent novels include A Most Wanted Man, Our Kind of Traitor and A Delicate Truth.