David John Moore Cornwell, better known by the pen name John le Carré, is a British author of espionage novels. His novels emphasise the fallibility of Western democracy and of the secret services protecting it, often implying the possibility of East-West moral equivalence. This is a novel about how being a spy shapes you forever. It’s about the aftermath and what sacrificing your true identity means for the rest of your life. For Tim Cranmer, the end of the Cold War has meant his forced retirement from the British Secret Service, where company policy has decided that old cold warriors may be ill-equipped to deal with the new world order. Cranmer retreats to his country home and turns his attention to the family vineyard, determined to build a new life for himself with his beautiful young mistress, Emma Manzini. For Tim’s friend Larry Pettifer, however, the transition from spy to ordinary citizen is an uneasy one. Shortly after Larry’s first meeting with Emma, Tim begins to suspect that his friend and his mistress are having an affair. When the two disappear, Tim is summoned to London and questioned at length by the service about Larry, their friendship, and Larry’s role as a double agent. He learns that Larry has remained in contact with his onetime Soviet supervisor, Konstantin Checheyev and that the two men have stolen a fortune from the Russian government… You can listen online to free English audiobook “Our Game” by John le Carré on our website. Enjoy it!
