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'A wonderful book, absolutely in tune with the le Carré canon. I cannot think of a more compelling read.'
(Financial Times )'Le Carré at his magnificent best'
(Time Out )'The essential voice of our time'
(Daily Telegraph )'This isn't our game - it's uniquely his game . . . Still nobody does it better'
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‘This isn't our game, it's uniquely his game ... Still nobody does it better'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In this book the Russians are still "the enemy", but not in the way one might expect of a Le Carre novel. Very definitely a post Cold-war perspective on the world, and one which made me see things in a new light, just as Cranmer comes to do so also in the book. Gripping and brilliant.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was an avid Le Carre fan when I first read this in the 90s and I was very disappointed.
Cramer, the hero, seemed a rehash of all other Le Carre heroes. His nemesis Larry seemed unconvincing - perhaps even irritating. The girl Emma just got to moon around soulfully - and even more irritatingly.
And the plot... such a marvellous drive towards the inevitable confrontation between Tim and the man who wronged him... yet the confrontation we got was so different to what we had been promised.
I assumed I'd never go back to it, but in the intervening years it has become the Le Carre I have reread most. Not necessarily my favourite (that would be TSWCIFTC) but the one in which I continue to find subtle delights.
Highly recommended, and worth a second look, even if, like me, your first impressions are unfavourable.
Cramer, the hero, seemed a rehash of all other Le Carre heroes. His nemesis Larry seemed unconvincing - perhaps even irritating. The girl Emma just got to moon around soulfully - and even more irritatingly.
And the plot... such a marvellous drive towards the inevitable confrontation between Tim and the man who wronged him... yet the confrontation we got was so different to what we had been promised.
I assumed I'd never go back to it, but in the intervening years it has become the Le Carre I have reread most. Not necessarily my favourite (that would be TSWCIFTC) but the one in which I continue to find subtle delights.
Highly recommended, and worth a second look, even if, like me, your first impressions are unfavourable.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
OK, I'm a Le Carre fan and have been for years. Even so, I think this is a brilliant book.
Written in a first-person-mixed-tense style which keeps you on your toes until you get used to it, this is a spare, taught story of love, deceit and-in the end-a kind of integrity.
The plot is closely-woven and not always explicitly narrated-there is thinking to do when reading this book.
Much of the story is set in or deals with the small states in the Northern Caucasus. There is a map in the book, but it helps a lot to have a decent [and up to date] atlas at hand for occasional reference. Like me, you may find that you start doing some research about the area and its tensions after reading the book.
I read this book in two sittings, then started to read it again. I recommend it to you.
Written in a first-person-mixed-tense style which keeps you on your toes until you get used to it, this is a spare, taught story of love, deceit and-in the end-a kind of integrity.
The plot is closely-woven and not always explicitly narrated-there is thinking to do when reading this book.
Much of the story is set in or deals with the small states in the Northern Caucasus. There is a map in the book, but it helps a lot to have a decent [and up to date] atlas at hand for occasional reference. Like me, you may find that you start doing some research about the area and its tensions after reading the book.
I read this book in two sittings, then started to read it again. I recommend it to you.
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A New Lawrence
As usual Le Carre has produced a sublimely beautiful book using language as only he can. Like many of Le Carre's work in the post Cold War era it is also deeply disturbing, dealing... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Iphidaimos
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If you have read any Le Carre before - skip this one. I left my copy on the plane (which is how I got it in the first place! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Enquirer
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The 1991 "Our Game" is a standalone post cold war spy story by the British spymeister, John LeCarre, whose works include The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Smiley's People; and... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by Stephanie DePue
poor quality
the quality of this cd was so poor that I was unable to listen to it much as I would have liked to!!!!!
Published on 3 Feb 2010 by Betty L. Gibbons
A Spy Classic
This book is still a classic of the genre. None of the painful English/American common to so many spy novels/thrillers these days. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by E. M. Beales
The bill for stability
In Britain, retired civil servants are typified by life in rural cottages, pottering about in a rose garden and Sundays with The Times. Read more
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been there, done that
John le Carre is such a brilliant stylist and narrator that there are times in this book when you almost think he still has what it takes. Read more
Published on 31 July 2004 by N. Housley
An excellent book, compelling, dynamic and intense.
The book follows Tim Cramner, a retired intelligence officer, and his friend and former agent, Larry Pettifer. Read more
Published on 3 April 2001
An excellent book
There is much to praise in Our Game. Le carre returns to the murky world of british intelligence and a retired spy master searching for his lover. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 1998
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