Our Kind of Traitor

Author: John le Carre

'An remarkable book by the master. Reading it is a great experience' Daily Telegraph

An English couple, Perry and Gail are taking an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who owns a peninsula and a diamond-encrusted gold watch. He also has a tattoo on his right thumb, and wants a game of tennis.
 
What else he wants propels the young lovers on a tortuous journey through Paris to a safe house in the Swiss Alps, to the murkiest cloisters of the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's Intelligence Establishment.

'Chilling and astute.... In Our of Traitor, there is not a hair out of place...Le Carre has done it again for our nasty new age' The Times

'A compelling tale of deceit, dialogue and the author's own despair...This is a story with frenzy at it's heart' James Naughtie, Telegraph

'John le Carre bullet train of a new thriller is part vintage John le Carre and part Alfred Hitchcock...The author's most thrilling thriller in years' The New York Times

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Book Cover: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Alex Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last – but only after one final assignment.

He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynical professionalism...

Alex Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to...

Published: 19/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141194523
RRP: $24.95
Published:30/05/2011
Format:Paperback, 316 pages
RRP:$24.95
ISBN-13:9780141049168
ISBN-10:0141049162
Imprint:Penguin
Publisher:Penguin UK

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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