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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Listening Length	9 hours and 33 minutes
Author	John le Carré
Narrator	John le Carré
Audible.in Release Date	17 October 2019
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07L8KY9NS
Best Sellers Rank	#8,461 in Audible Audiobooks & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Audiobooks & Originals) #12 in Military Thrillers #22 in Legal Thrillers #28 in Political Fiction

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LK V ramesh

Cracking good writing and atmosphere

Reviewed in India on 10 April 2020

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"And we are a laughing stock of our beloved Allies and neighbors in case you haven't noticed. A bunch of post-imperial nostalgists who cant run a fruit stall. Your impression too"?

So says the lead character Nat's boss to Nat when they are discussing an ongoing case. That line comes almost into 60% of the film but probably captures the essence of the entire book and what its all about - spying and intelligence world during the time of Brexit and Trump.

To whet your appetite I have quoted that brilliant line above. As with his post-Cold War books, le Carre's latest "Agent running in the Field" is simply one more example of his - SPOILERS - an increasing concern for the "Man against System" type of stories where individuals have to find that part of their soul where what's morally right is obviously against the system and its "engine". Be prepared for some stunning writing and incisive look at Brexit Britain and the acerbic comments associated with that through the eyes of Nat.

I think this is a clear high among the Post Cold War 21st century le Carre books and of course, I gladly recommend it to everyone.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 post-imperial Nostalgists!

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Samba

Not up there ....

Reviewed in India on 12 February 2020

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While I like Le Carre's works, I guess this one does not even come close to his usual standards. This one is a Style over substance work. The plot is pretty much non existent. Its more like a soft political statement that Le Carre wants to make. One can see the struggle he is going through to piece together a story outside of his forte especially in today's political circumstances where he does not get any moorings to base his plot on. The sad part is that he seems to be running short of ideas for incidents/events to build support for even this weak story line.

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A bit farfetched

Reviewed in India on 11 December 2019

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Le Carre's superior writing still shows although sentimentality spoils some bits...the story has a good twist but the writer's understandable abhorrence of right wing nasties and fools clouds his narrative so much that the denouement feels too pat and too flat...somewhat like a movie on spying that starts with plenty of grey but after the middle bit is in a hurry to produce a happy ending...this book of course leaves open the question what may happen to the two protagonist couples...so it's less than a silly movie style happy ending but by Le Carre standards, it's a surprisingly flaky end to a story...

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Shankar

Redemption of decency

Reviewed in India on 20 October 2019

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I felt happy and light after reading it one stretch. John- thanks for restoring faith.

It a dark and gloomy world and yet, John reminds us in the book that sheer decency and love will keep the world floating. Brilliant prose as always and ED is forever imprinted as another St.George that the world so desperately needs!!! A long wait but worth it and hope John gets to do one more.

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Sandip Ghose

A field too far

Reviewed in India on 20 November 2019

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Amazing how Le Carre keeps himself so current even at this age. But, the contemporary settings only serve as device to put across the political context. The rest of the story and characters are period agnostic. So, the two - backdrop and the storyline - doesn't quite merge. Still riveting - tho' may not be among his top 5 or top 10 even. But, a Le Carre fan can't miss it, of course.

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Ashok Joshi

Expectations fulfilled

Reviewed in India on 2 November 2019

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Makes delightful reading. Some of the magic of 'The Tinker...' is back there again.

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ashim

recommended

Reviewed in India on 6 November 2019

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read this book. it will make your day.

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Reviewed in India on 29 February 2020

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Excellent

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Hine Hall

Oh dear.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2019

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I love Le Carre’s books. Always have. The most relaxed style or writing yet elegantly providing copious detail. This book, typically, flows with his usual eloquence. But a story about a Brexit conspiracy that reflects the author’s extreme anti-Brexit views is just a step too far. The conspiracy against the many honest citizens in the U.K. who voted to leave, lead by MPs and the courts and supported by their privileged cronies like Le Carre is too much to bear. I wish he had kept his politics separate from his professional life - it is a sad day for me to read this book and I would rather have my money back than give it any kind of recommendation.

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A. C. CRISAN

(Still) Entertaining (To A Point)...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2019

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The book is a good read, although the political bias is quite hard to swallow, especially for those who do not share the writer's leftist views. It is regrettable that J.L.C. finds it appropriate to resort to slogans and insults in order to vent his personal frustrations at the current state of affairs in the world. It dents his prestige as a writer and makes a negative impact upon the quality of the book. Still, entertaining, to a point...

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TheMink

Undisguised rage

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2019

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Another excellent page turner which Le Carre has crafted as well as ever. Brilliant characters interact in his evocative way that never disappoints. Except maybe for Brexiteers and Trump fans who will not enjoy the way Le Carre vents his spleen as he witnesses the self destruction of the UK in our insane times. He has more contempt for this than the old KGB .

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D J.

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2019

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Hard work.
The narrator,(Nat), considers his boss,(Dom), self-serving and pretentious, yet Nat hopelessly over-lards his narrative in Chapter 5 with “Chers collègues”,(especially), and other foreign phrases...
‘pretentious?....moi???’
The characters seem to be the types of persons that are best avoided like the plague.
If Le Carré intended to write a commentary on the present state of this country, he must be congratulated on his prescience in getting it out in print at exactly this moment, but I, for one, would be not overly saddened if he followed his best creation Smiley into an obscure retirement, on the strength of this book.

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Le Carre's familiar themes give a further outing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2019

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Le Carre doesn't write bad books but this will not be high in the list of his best. There are many of the familiar tropes - analyses of the motives of suspected spies and who might be running them, office politics within the intelligence agencies, nifty dialogue - but he's done this before and to greater effect. The distinguishing feature is his despair about current politics, here in the UK and in the US. I am not sorry to have read the book, just not very excited about it.

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