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Author Le Carré, John, 1931-2020 author.

Title Agent running in the field / John le Carré.

Publication Info. London, England : Viking, 2019.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F LE CARRE, J.    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION LE CARRE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F LE CARRE, J.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F LE CARRE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Fiction  F LE CARRE    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC LE CARRE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION LE CARRE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION LE CARRE    DUE 04-18-24
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  FICTION LE CARRE, JOHN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  FIC LE CARRE    Check Shelf

Description 281 pages ; 24 cm
Summary Set in London in 2018, Agent Running in the Field follows a twenty-six year old solitary figure who, in a desperate attempt to resist the political turbulence swirling around him, makes connections that will take him down a dangerous path. In his plot and characterization le Carré is as thrilling as ever and in the way he writes about our times he proves himself, once again, to be the greatest chronicler of our age.
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.
Subject Intelligence officers -- Fiction.
Secret service -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage.
FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense.
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery.
Spy stories -- Ficion.
Mystery -- Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Political fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726702
Political fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
ISBN 9780241401217 (pbk.)
0241401216 (pbk.)
9781984878878 (hardcover)
1984878875 (hardcover)
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