agent running field di carré john pseudonym cornwell david (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, with '001' on the printer's page. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with metallic-copper titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Top and tail of spine very slightly creased. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £20.00. The dustwrapper has no discernible faults. No creases. No tears. No fading to the light-sensitive red colour even on the spine. Dustwrapper bright. ***282 pages including a page of Acknowledgements at the back of the book. 242mm x 160mm. ***'"Agent Running in the Field" is a 2019 novel by John le Carré published on 17 Oct 2019. It was le Carré's final novel to be published before his death in 2020. The novel is set in 2018 and depicts the relationship between Nat (né Anatoly), a 47-year-old member of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), and a young man (Ed) who he plays badminton with weekly. After their matches, Ed likes to rant about Brexit and the American president at the time, to which Nat quietly listens and tacitly agrees. Meanwhile, Nat is running an operation to monitor a Ukrainian oligarch living in London. Through this mission, one of Nat's agents reveals that Ed is a double agent working for Russia to undermine the European Union. Nat's MI6 colleagues begin to suspect Nat of abetting him and grill him. Through their questioning and Nat's continued investigation, Operation Jericho is revealed - a plan for the U.K. to use double agents to take down the E.U. for the U.S.'s benefit. ***In an extract from the novel published prior to publication, The Guardian describes how "Nat admits to serious reservations about the idea of England "as the mother of all democracies", describing the country as in freefall, with "a minority Tory cabinet of 10th-raters --- Labour no better. The sheer bloody lunacy of Brexit". Boris Johnson is described in the book as a "pig-ignorant foreign secretary". John le Carré's editor at Viking Books, Mary Mount, has said that "The thing about Le Carré is that he's always been as much at home in Europe as Britain. A man with his experience of the Cold War could not walk away from the divisions in Britain, and between Britain and Europe. After the referendum, there was no choice for him except to look at where we are now. It is incredibly prescient, and a very emotional book in terms of how connected he feels to the history of Britain and Europe. There's no looking away, he addresses the very current political crisis"'. (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition, in the original dustwrapper, in bright crisp collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 282. Publisher's black cloth, titles in bronze to spine, dark blue endpapers. Dust-jacket designed by Superfantastic, with printed price of £20 to front flap. A fine, as new copy.

[Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 281 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and navy endpapers. With the red dust-jacket priced at £20. A fine, as-new copy. A contemporary spy thriller blending Brexit and Trump angst with the ongoing threat from Russia, and racket sports.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 282. Publisher's black cloth, titles in bronze to spine, dark blue endpapers. Dust-jacket designed by Superfantastic, with printed price of £20. Signed by the author to the title page. Lightly handled with the spine ends a little pushed. Near fine. Signed by Author(s).

[Spy Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 281 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink directly to publisher's tipped-in leaf preceding half title. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and navy endpapers. With the red dust-jacket priced at £20. Orange 'Signed Copy' sticker to front cover. Light general wear. Near fine. A contemporary spy thriller blending Brexit and Trump angst with the ongoing threat from Russia, and racket sports.

[Spy Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 281 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink directly to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and navy endpapers. With the red dust-jacket priced at £20. A fine, as-new copy. A contemporary spy thriller blending Brexit and Trump angst with the ongoing threat from Russia, and racket sports.