Agent Running in the Field: MINT SIGNED FIRST EDITION with SANDBROOK ESSAY

John le Carré

ISBN 10: 0241401232 / ISBN 13: 9780241401231

Published by Viking, 2019

About this Item

A mint first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. Unread gift condition and SIGNED by John Le Carre to the title page, NOT to a bookplate or yipped in page.Loose laid in is a John Le Carre - History In The Making Essay Pamphlet by Dominic Sandbrook, a very elusive publication. An outstanding copy with superb attributes. BOXED DESPATCH.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1571655399507

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Agent Running in the Field: MINT SIGNED FIRST EDITION with SANDBROOK ESSAY
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241401232
• ISBN 13: 9780241401231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Le Carré delivers a tale for our times . . . a demonstration of the British spy thriller at its unputdownable best' Robert McCrum, Observer
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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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'A rich, beautifully written book studded with surprises. Narrative is a black art, and Le Carré is its grandmaster' Andrew Taylor, Spectator

'Blisteringly contemporary . . . Each new book from le Carré is refreshingly different and uniquely compelling' Economist

'A very classy entertainment about political ideals and deception . . . laced with fury at the senseless vandalism of Brexit and of Trump. Le Carré is the master of the spy genre' Guardian

'Subtle, wry and seamless, it's an utter joy, from first page to last' Daily Mail