![]() ![]() It's lying wait to unleash your ambush, while the shuttle describes its leisurely arc." He considers it caste-free, a haven from the " chers collègues" in the intelligence service he works for at whom he constantly snipes. Badminton, he tells us, is "stealth, patience, speed and improbable recovery. He belongs to a peculiarly genteel (read: wholly British) sort of gym, the Athleticus Club, where there's a rota for matches, a dressing room, and some kind of bar-cum-bistro where club champion Nat retires for pints of lager after he's whupped his latest opponent. Agent Running in the Field, his 26th, opens cheekily with a badminton challenge: Nat, close to retirement and even closer to redundancy due to his inability to accept authority, is obsessed with this racquet sport. How?Īt 88, novelist John le Carré continues to turn out books that writers of any younger age would kill to publish. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Agent Running in the Field Author John Le Carre ![]()
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