our kind of traitor

 

Their opponents turned out to be an Indian honeymoon couple from Mumbai. As a young man, there is little doubt that his father Rick was the most influential character in ... See full summary », Taken from the book by John le Carré, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junior master's wife at... See full summary ». Separated from each other by a gap as wide as the Atlantic Ocean they had recently crossed, yet thankful to be unburdening themselves before two professionally inquisitive listeners, Perry and Gail resumed their story. Was that a limp as Dima walked away? Some of the plot points seem highly implausible and others feel underwritten. My pleasure. They allowed themselves to get sucked into a potentially dangerous situation for altruistic reasons...they were concerned about the Russian's children. That's the world you live in, I assume. Luke had opened the door to them, Yvonne stood waiting behind Luke. The brick walls exuded a faint scent of old port wine. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. “Part vintage John le Carré and part Alfred Hitchcock…the suspense in Our Kind of Traitor is genuine and nerve-racking.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “I would suggest immortality for John le Carré, who I believe one of the most intelligent and entertaining writers working today.”— This is the story of Magnus Pym, from his childhood to the end of his career in middle age. What do you say we dig into that great big breakfast buffet we've paid for? 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and le Carre finally writes a passable post-Cold War. The author has always produced fascinating characters for his books. Quieter and more reflective than most, Our Kind of Traitor is our kind of thriller. This is meat-and-potatoes Le Carré given a generic spy-movie treatment, but still it reels you in With his upright posture, sharp grey suit and little horns of greying hair flicked up above the ears, he reminded her more of a gentleman jockey on his best behaviour. Starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, and Alicia von Rittberg, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2016 by Lionsgate. But if Gail was inclined to hold back, Perry was by now in full cry, and the match ended without the Indian couple winning another game. I saw his passionate interview about money laundering schemes in a world of finance on internet and decided to check him out. But this innocuous contest is not all it seems - Dima is a long-time servant of the Russian mafia, whose new boss, 'The Prince', wants him and his family dead. Been there. Seated head in hands at eight o'clock in the morning in his modest Oxford rooms, after a seven-mile run that had done nothing to ease his sense of calamity, he had searched his soul to know just what the first third of his natural life had achieved, apart from providing him with an excuse for not engaging in the world beyond the city's dreaming spires. No clear cut explanation is provided which kept me wondering about why and how. It was a face that to Perry the outdoor adventurer seemed cast for life: the face, he told Gail much later, of a formed man, another definition that he aspired to himself, but for all his manly striving did not feel he had yet attained. Our Kind of Traitor. ', 'Perry, I do not believe you should be reluctant to take this gentleman on,' Mark insisted, ramming his case home. Twenty-five max,' she replied, once again wishing she could find a mid-point in herself between flippancy and funk. and violence found no where in this fine read. These boys are just obeying orders.'. And you two are in Captain Cook, I believe, one of the best cabins in the resort, in my opinion. ', Perry tilted his head the other way. As the man took another step forward, Perry took one back, taking Gail with him and exclaiming, 'What the hell's all this? Competition silver cups in glass cases bore the names of champions of yesteryear and Mark, the overweight Australian pro, was one of them. Perry asked, extricating himself from the intensity of Dima's stare in order to peer dubiously at Gail. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. There was no urgency within me to get back to the book as there is when a book has a great story, is full of action and plenty of tension. McGregor and Harris hold their own, as good people who can't walk away from Dima and his family.Very good. Or hear it, apparently. It turns out that Dima wants something delivered to British intelligence, which the naive McGregor does. It was a lucky chance, in Gail's opinion, that the Caribbean adventure had been planned in advance of Perry's impulsive life-decision. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Very peachy, if I may say so. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Luke inquired with brisk solicitude. 'So how about his age, Gail, would you say?' Find all the books, read about the author, and more. And this was the Perry who stood on the best tennis court at the best recession-hit resort in Antigua on that early May morning before the sun got too high to play, with the Russian Dima one side of the net and Perry the other, and Gail wearing a swimsuit and a broad-brimmed floppy hat and a silky cover-up that covered very little, sitting amid an unlikely assembly of dead-eyed spectators, some dressed in black, who appeared to have sworn a collective oath not to smile, not to speak, and not to express any interest in the match they were being compelled to watch. The English couple who encounter the Russian gangster while they are on vacation were intriguing. 'I need to get this absolutely right, you see, Mark,' he explained, asserting his pedagogic authority. Should Gail give up the Bar and step blindly into the azure yonder with him, or should she continue to pursue her meteoric career in London? So it is that the naive British couple and their British intelligent master coalesce to assist the Russian gangster deflect to the safety of England. The tale is well told and in typical le Carre fashion, full of interesting twists and turns. he objected. Price Match Guarantee. 17+ COMMON SENSE. The crowd grew, the players were young and good-looking, the ball boys discovered new heights of energy. The four lingered to exchange compliments, fix a return and maybe catch a drink in the bar this evening? Meanwhile, you're indulging in a bit of rough-and-ready camping, I hear. Buy, Rent or Watch Our Kind of Traitor and other Movies + TV Shows online. In the background, advertisers' hoardings in Cyrillic and English. This is some of le Carre's best writing. . Add the first question. 'Alternatively, I might be about to gun him down with my Kalashnikov,' Perry went on, raising his tennis bag an inch to indicate where he kept the weapon; at which the second man stepped out of the shadow of the bushes and positioned himself beside the first, but there was still not a legible facial expression between the two of them. "Our Kind of Traitor" is my kind of movie: intelligent and suspenseful. Nowhere near as good as "The Night Manager" (which I read about 25 years ago, long before the TV-series, although I must say Hugh Laurie was brilliant cast as the "worst man in the World") I just checked, I bought the Kindle version of this back at the end of June, and I'm still struggling with what is turning out to me a mega-boring tome which I am finding very difficult to pick up once I put it down! Please try again. But Mark, having achieved his bridgehead, pressed home his advantage: 'Thank you, Perry, no doubles for Dima, I'm afraid,' he interjected smartly. Cast & Crew. Perry had a different sort of Englishness, being lank and at first sight dislocated, with a long neck and prominent Adam's apple. It was a topic he had thrashed out mercilessly with Gail, his longstanding girlfriend, as they lay in her bed after a birthday supper at the flat in Primrose Hill that she had part-inherited from her otherwise penniless father. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. 'I don't like dons and I don't like being one myself. While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple, Perry (Ewan McGregor - THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE GHOST) and Gail (Naomie Harris – SPECTRE, SOUTHPAW), befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima (Stellan Skarsgård – AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO), who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian mafia. Marek Oravec arrives for the UK Gala Screening of "Our Kind Of Traitor" at The Curzon Mayfair on May 5, 2016 in London, England. 'Crime, Perry?' It takes work to read between the lines, and the discovery is worth the effort. 3 out of 5 stars. One of our great writers of moral ambiguity, a tireless explorer of that darkly contradictory no-man’s land…Our Kind of Traitor brims with deftly drawn characters navigating a treacherously uncertain landscape that seems ripped from yesterday’s papers and re-created with an absolutely certain hand.”—Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times . The main female character is rather better drawn than usual but Le carre has to include his standard mad wife and a slut, this time a pregnant 16 year-old whose only purpose seems to be to ensure that Gail screws up the escape plan to allow another predictable downbeat ending. 'Do you gents speak English, by any chance?' Our Kind of Traitor Book Description : Two young lovers treat themselves to a once-in-a-lifetime holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. He's one of those people who stay on the retina. When the couple delivers the flash drive to Hector (Damien Lewis) in British Intelligence, they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous situation.Some real revelations here for me anyway - first of all, I've never heard Damien Lewis speak with his native British accent; second, I've never before considered Stellan Skarsgard as having any sex appeal. An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia. Directed by Susanna White. Is that really how Perry and I talk to each other? Perry Makepiece and Gail Perkins, an innocent couple dragged into the world of crime and the security services in Our Kind of Traitor, Le Carré's 22nd novel, are two such figures. ', 'Well, there you go. And the end is quite shocking. Mark was standing waiting for them at the top of the stone steps, clad in his best whites and clasping two cans of refrigerated tennis balls and a paper cup of coffee. In vacations he conquers difficult peaks and Most Serious climbs. Our Kind of Traitor: financial crime experts review le Carré adaptation May 16, 2016 5.16am EDT Anastasia Nesvetailova , Ilona Karpanos , City, University of London Our Kind of Traitor The home of MI6 agent Hector Meredith, played by Damian in the 2016 adaptation of John Le Carre’s Our Kind of Traitor, has been listed as ‘Property of the Week’ for a cool £1.495m. I have not. Well, you people may. I missed the film but if it was as drawn out as the book I probably didn't miss much. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. His portrayal of the loud, friendly, charismatic Dima is fantastic. View production, box office, & company info. Hints are covertly given about the outcome of the Russian's defection which furthered my need to reach the end. They had been driven there in a black cab from Gail's flat in Primrose Hill by a large, genial man in a beret and an earring who said his name was Ollie. ', Perry again applied to Gail: 'Do you have a view on this? Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. The last major undeveloped property on the island but Dima's going to put that right, correct, sir? Probably two fellows looking for a game, I thought, if I thought anything'—and plucking earnestly at his brow with his long fingers—'I mean you don't just think bodyguards straight off, do you? Our Kind of Traitor Glenn Kenny July 01, 2016. ', 'Good idea,' Gail agreed heartily. Overall. 'I once had a client who wore one just like it. 'Listen, we're fine, no bother. And yes, there was Perry the alpine adventurer, the Perry who could run no race and play no game, from seven-a-side rugby to pass the parcel with her nephews and nieces at Christmas time, without a compulsive need to win. On his spare evenings he helps out in a local youth club. Towards the end of the first set, Mark the pro casually turned out to take a look, stayed for three games, then with a thoughtful frown returned to his shop. I thought it might be good to return to the old master of spy fiction. The Indian bride followed her. Please try again. Dima's need: to reach British intelligence and defect, not from the USSR, … ', 'It was our first proper night in the hotel,' said Gail in a surge of nervous exasperation. Their flight was delayed, with the result that they didn't check into their hotel till after midnight. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Critics Consensus: Our Kind of Traitor relies on solid writing and acting rather than action to deliver its spy-movie thrills -- and thankfully has the pedigree to pull it off on both fronts. Certificate: PG It's nothing personal. He would teach set subjects, and any sport they cared to throw at him, to children who needed him as a lifeline to self-fulfilment rather than as a ticket to middle-class prosperity. 'Routine.'. 'So you didn't actually recognize them as bodyguards,' Luke suggested, his trim head eagerly switching between the two of them across the table. I admire that. Le Carre has no answers, but he can't stop writing his observation either. 'I didn't know I was so peckish.'. His first name, traditionally the property of the English upper classes, derives from a rabble-rousing Methodist prelate of the nineteenth century named Arthur Peregrine of Huddersfield. Destroy the vast money laundering mechanism that creates enormous economic inequality in the world. ', 'For Christ's sakes, Perry,' Mark pleaded, his beery complexion turning a darker shade of crimson. le Carre creates mystery, menace, and ambiguity more with dialog and subtext than with text. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Dima's was the hand of an artisan turned to fat, tattooed with a small star or asterisk on the second knuckle of the thumb. 'I'm his rabbit,' she replied coolly, to which Perry said, 'Sheer bollocks,' and the Australian sucked his teeth, shook his heavy head in disbelief and thumbed the messy pages of his ledger. For all his determination to be at the hard centre of life, there remained other unreconciled versions of him, and Gail was on familiar terms with most of them: Yes, there was Perry the self-punishing student at London University where they had first met, who in the mould of T. E. Lawrence had taken his bicycle to France in the vacations and ridden it until he keeled over with exhaustion. You're a self-reliant man. Our Kind of Traitor review – spy thriller without the wow. Meagre stone steps wound between flowering shrubs to the front door of the pro's shop. 'Dima's orders, not mine, Perry, don't be stupid. Male spies, she told herself with a false jocularity brought on by nervousness, should come a size larger. Most recently, Harris reprised her role as Miss Moneypenny in Spectre, the 24 th installment of the James Bond franchise, opposite Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes and Christoph Waltz. Beautifully filmed with strong directing and cinematography. There's talk of a share issue with preference given to the inhabitants, which strikes me as a pretty decent idea. Was it here too that Perry first became aware of the two white men loitering at the gateway to the court with nothing to do? Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. With sensibly trimmed, unvarnished fingernails, Yvonne is sliding a wad of press photographs at them across the oval table. He would have smashed some serious glass. But if you're an ordinary citizen, it doesn't cross your mind. 'I was dead afraid you guys would oversleep,' he said excitedly. Average Customer Ratings. Rating: User rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars with 83 reviews. With people like Lewis and Skarsgard in the cast, you know the acting will be top level, and it is. For two people past their first youth but still in the bloom of life, Perry and Gail made a strikingly attractive pair. Would Orwell have believed it possible that the same overfed voices which had haunted him in the 1930s, the same crippling incompetence, addiction to foreign wars and assumptions of entitlement, were happily in place in 2009? 3.5 out of 5 stars 3.7 out of 5.0 5 Stars 119 4 Stars 111 3 Stars 77 2 Stars 35 1 Stars 27 Performance. You said so yourself. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Between them ran a coral reef and a line of fluorescent buoys to ward off nosy motor yachts. The third and final set reached 4 – 3, with Perry and Gail having the edge. Our Kind of Traitor Trailer 1 (2016) Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis Thriller Movie HD [Official Trailer] If Perry's late parents had been the soul of high-minded Christian socialist abstinence, Gail's were the other thing. But before Dima could respond, Mark had let out a snort of sycophantic protest. How this match came about was quickly the subject of intense examination by British agents professionally disposed against the workings of chance. he asked. Actually, come to think of it I have several problems. 'And this is Gail Perkins, my partner in crime,' he added, feeling a need to slow the pace a bit. Synopsis: When Perry and his girlfriend, Gail, cross paths with the charismatic Dima on their Moroccan holiday, the forceful Russian is quick to challenge Perry to a friendly game of tennis. With her boring business suit, bobbed dark hair and no make-up, she looked older than she needed and, for a female spy, again in Gail's determinedly frivolous judgement, too earnest by half. 'My proposed tennis partner Dima wishes to make sure I'm not going to throw a bomb at him. Why Perry should have spotted the bow at his midriff first and the rest of the man afterwards is easily explained. You see the wicked world in its awful glory. 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