John Le Carré

The unrivaled master of spy fiction returns with a taut and suspenseful of dirty money and dirtier politics.
For nearly half a century, John le Carré's limitless imagination has enthralled millions of readers and moviegoers around the globe. From the cold war to the bitter fruits of colonialism to unrest in the Middle East, he has reinvented the spy novel again and again. Now, le Carré makes his Viking debut with a stunning tour-de-force that only a craftsman of his caliber could pen. As menacing and flawlessly paced as The Little Drummer Girl and as morally complex as The Constant Gardener, Our Kind of Traitor is signature le Carré.

Julian quitte son emploi à la City pour ouvrir une librairie dans le Norfolk. Edward, un immigré polonais, s'immisce peu à peu dans sa vie professionnelle et familiale. Pendant ce temps, à Londres, un agent haut gradé des Services secrets reçoit une lettre l'avertissant qu'une taupe transmettrait des informations confidentielles. Son investigation le mène dans le Norfolk. …

Michael Jayston reads this taut, suspenseful novel from the master of spy fiction, John le Carre. Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Seemingly by 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.