Agent running in the field / John le Carré.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Carré, John, 1931-2020, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence officers--Fiction.

Intelligence officers.

Secret service--Great Britain--Fiction.

Secret service.

London (England)--Fiction.

London (England).

Genre:

Spy stories.

Spy fiction.

Political fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Physical Description:

281 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; [New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]

Summary:

"Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie. Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age: the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence, and Nat himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all. Agent Running in the Field is a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age." --Book jacket.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version:

le Carr�e, John, Agent running in the field

ISBN:

9780241401217

0241401216

9781984878878

1984878875

OCLC:

1099753424