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Agent Running in the Field: A Novel Audiobook
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“[Le Carré’s] novels are so brilliant because they’re emotionally and psychologically absolutely true, but of course they’re novels.” —New York Times Book Review A thrilling tale for our times from the undisputed master of the spy genre 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.
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"The final prehumous novel by the best ever novelist in a spy fiction genre is as realistic fiction as ever in Le Carre's career. It is deeply rooted in the chaos of British politics of the second decade of XXI politics and inhabited by despicable characters out of the front pages of the media. More than ever, it seems that the plot serves as an excuse to formulate author's viewpoint, full of disgust, towards the UK's political elite. The plot, however, is intriguing and engaging, but the final part of the book leaves readers with some disappointment. Like the loose ends were tied too quickly and what was planned for a dozens of pages more was suddenly wrapped up and submitted to the publisher as if the deadline was approaching. It won't get to the list of top ten books by JL-C, but it is nonetheless worthy a read. "
— Wojciech W. (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Le Carré pokes at timely tensions as a threat from Russia looms—and Ed’s rage against the state of politics grows dangerous.”
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“John le Carré, as author and narrator of this stand-alone spy thriller, serves up a wholly engaging audio experience…His facility with accents and deep understanding of the personalities he has created add to the audiobook experience. It’s a privilege to listen to this master author deliver his work.”
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“Still capturing the zeitgeist in thriller mode, le Carré takes us to 2018 London, where a lone-wolf twenty-six-year-old is determined to avoid the political earthquakes defining these times. Alas, the harder he struggles to disengage, the more deeply and dangerously he becomes enmeshed.”
— Library Journal
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A Time Magazine Pick of Most Anticipated Books of Fall
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A USA Today Pick for Fall Reading Guide
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A Crime Reads Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2019
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New York Times bestseller
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USA Today bestseller
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About John le Carré
John le Carré, the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (1931–2020), was an English author of espionage novels. Eight of his novels made the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list between 1983 and 2017. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, his third book, secured him a worldwide reputation as one of the greatest spy novelists in history. Numerous major motion pictures have been made from his novels, as well as several television series. After attending the universities at Berne and Oxford, he taught at Eton and spent five years in the British Foreign Service, serving briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. Being a member of MI6 when he wrote his first novel, Call for the Dead in 1961 in Hamburg, it necessitated the use of a nom de plume, by which he continued to be known. His writing earned him several honorary doctorate degrees and the Somerset Maugham Award, the Goethe Medal, and the Olof Palme Prize.