The result is both resoundingly intelligent and utterly compelling. Agent Running in the Field, his 26th, opens cheekily with a badminton challenge. This is the most thoroughbred of films - adapted from a John le Carre novel by the director of City of God, who also cherry-picked an impeccable cast. At 88, novelist John le Carr continues to turn out books that writers of any younger age would kill to publish. This is a supremely well-executed piece of popular entertainment that is likely to linger in your mind and may even trouble your conscience - New York Times on the film adaptationĪ blistering drama that is positively electrifying - New York Observer on the film He does so in a page-turner which reminds us that the master storyteller of the Smiley books has lost none of his cunning - A.N. The novel chronicles his quest through England, Italy, Canada, Sudan, and back to Kenya to unmask his wife’s murderers. Le Carr? poses deep spiritual questions about the damage 'the human race' has done, and continues to do, both to the planet and to itself. It is certainly one of John le Carr?'s best books - Sean O'Brien, The Times Literary Supplement Less labyrinthine than some of le Carr’s early work, it has all the grand themes of his best novels love and betrayal, loyalty and morality fully on display. essential reading - Chris Woodhead, Sunday Telegraph What follows is a fully formed thriller that provides a stinging look at the British Secret Service operating under crisis.
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