Our Game

By: John le Carré

Narrated by: Michael Jayston

Brought to you by Penguin.

Le Carré's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama

The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry ­- dreamer, dissolute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim's mistress. As their trail takes him to the lawless wilds of Russia and the North Caucasus, he is forced to question everything he stood for.

Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le Carré's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control.

©1995 John le Carré (P)2025 Penguin Audio

Extraordinary novel, brilliantly performed

Our Game is a novel one reads and rereads, not just for the multilayered emotional landscape or the beauty of the prose, but to face its moral ambiguities now as relevant as ever. And thanks to Michael Jayston, one will now also re-listen to it. His brilliant performance has given the novel a whole new dimension. Thank you, Penguin.