Agent Running in the Field

A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

John le Carré

Formats & editions

Buy from…

Mighty Ape

Find local retailers

The greatest chronicler of the age turns his incisive gaze to the tumultuous present in this superb new thriller.

Nat, a veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, thinks his years as an agent runner are over. But MI6 have other plans. To tackle the growing threat from Moscow Centre, Nat is put in charge of The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. His weekly badminton session with the young, introspective, Brexit-hating Ed, offers respite from the new job. But it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Nat down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all.

Published: 1 September 2020
ISBN: 9780241986547
Imprint: Penguin General UK
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
RRP: $24.00

Categories:

Share…

About the author

John le Carré

John le Carre was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For more than fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.

John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For more than fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.