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Our Kind of Traitor

John le Carré

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English
Penguin
01 August 2016
'Return of the master . . . Having plumbed the devious depths of the Cold War, le Carre has done it again for our nasty new age' The Times

An English couple, Perry and Gail, are taking an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who owns a peninsula and a diamond-encrusted gold watch. He also has a tattoo on his right thumb, and wants a game of tennis.

What else he wants propels the young lovers on a tortuous journey through Paris to a safe house in the Swiss Alps, to the murkiest cloisters of the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's Intelligence Establishment.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   343g
ISBN:   9780241967850
ISBN 10:   0241967856
Pages:   400
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Our Kind of Traitor

A remarkable book by the master. Reading it is a great experience -- Henning Mankell Daily Telegraph A compelling tale of deceit, dialogue and the author's own despair ... This is a story with frenzy at its heart -- James Naughtie Telegraph John le Carre's bullet train of a new thriller is part vintage John le Carre and part Alfred Hitchcock ... The author's most thrilling thriller in years The New York Times If you want to know about the state of Britain today, forget the Booker shortlist. Just read John le Carre's latest thriller Evening Standard Few recent plays have had dialogue as good, and few recent literary novels can boast a set of characters so vividly imagined. Our Kind of Traitor is a teasing, beguiling, masterly performance Sunday Times A compelling tale of deceit, dialogue and the author's own despair John le Carre's greatest gift may be his ear, which allows him to pick up a tremor of fear in the softest voice or a false note in any exchange of words and play with them to his heart's content. He can therefore create, in dialogue, a trembling soundscape that has a pitch-perfect quality Sunday Telegraph


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