Le Carre turns his attention to the uncertainties of the political present, in this spiralling story of an ageing former agent-runner being led by his much younger badminton partner in the direction of a dark political anger set to ensnare the veteran and the key figures in his life.
Alternately chilling, tragic and exhilaratingly funny..
Le Carre turns his attention to the uncertainties of the political present, in this spiralling story of an ageing former agent-runner being led by his much younger badminton partner in the direction of a dark political anger set to ensnare the veteran and the key figures in his life