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John le Carré resumes service

2020-05-28T14:49:10.887Z


Almost 89 years old, the author of L'Espion who came from the cold, a former MI6 agent, publishes his 25th novel, an excellent story in which he resuscitates the ghosts of the Cold War.


War never gets cold. She just puts on new clothes. Nat has spent his life returning to Soviet agents. At 47, this British treating officer was more or less discarded in a service called "Le Refuge". In this summer of 2018, he is approached at his badminton club by a man named Ed, who plagues against Brexit and claims to be a communications researcher. Together, they will play many games, usually on Monday evening, which gives us a brilliant page on the differences between this discipline and squash.

John le Carré stuffs his pages with useful details right down to his mouth. Nat no longer has any illusions. His wife, Prue, a lawyer who pleads against the pharmaceutical giants, is understanding, but not fooled. The kind to let go at breakfast: " I just hope it's not too dramatically illegal, what you're going to do." Or is it? ” They have a daughter, an inveterate leftist with a strong contempt for her father. The passage where, on a chairlift,

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