Our Kind of Traitor: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142428426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. Unabridged, 7 CDs, 9 hours Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by the The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews In this exquisitely told novel, John le Carré 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. 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 an
Even though Perry wins, Dima takes a shine to the couple, and soon they're visiting with his extended family. Not only is Dima a Russian oligarch, he's also one of the world's biggest money launderers. All rights reserved. His most accessible work in years, this novel shows once again why his name is the one to which all others in the field are compared. Le Carré ratchets up the tension step-by-step until the sad, inevitable end. Those readers who have found post–cold war le Carré too cerebral will have much to cheer about with this Russian mafia spy thriller. At Dima's request, Perry conveys a message to MI6 in England that Dima wishes to defect, and on arriving home, Perry and Gail receive a summons from MI6 to a debriefing. While on holiday in Antigua, former Oxford tutor Perry Makepiece and his la
The Recruitment of Amateur Spies It has been a while since I read a novel by John le Carre. I thought it might be good to return to the old master of spy fiction. I did have trouble with some of the author's vocabulary and terminology as he is more literate than I am. But it is a positive challenge to read le Carre which often requires that I back up a sentence or two, maybe even a page or two to get the gist of the author's meaning. What kept me plod. Steven C. Hull said Britain and le Carre: the Final Ironic Chapter. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy captured me in 197Britain and le Carre: the Final Ironic Chapter Steven C. Hull Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy captured me in 1974, the rhythmic prose and the natural dialogue interspersed with spy craft jargon and British slang and sarcasm that jolted my American ear. I quickly acquired all of his previous novels as well as his subsequent novels over the years, all now in my library. Critics have always debated whether le Carre is a literary writer. Some said yes, some no. James Wood said, "By the sta. , the rhythmic prose and the natural dialogue interspersed with spy craft jargon and British slang and sarcasm that jolted my American ear. I quickly acquired all of his previous novels as well as his subsequent novels over the years, all now in my library. Critics have always debated whether le Carre is a literary writer. Some said yes, some no. James Wood said, "By the sta. "Cynicism without Hope" according to Amazon Customer. Another reviewer has commented somewhere on the increasing darkness in Le Carre's later novels, and the impotence of the goodness & compassion of ordinary people confronted with human nature depraved by power. And the most corrupting power is that of secrecy - the spying Game. Le Carre has no answers, but he can't stop writing his observation either. so his novels are ending now on the edge of a cliff without a wrap-up