A striking story of a British intelligence agent against the backdrop of Brexit, Trump and Putin. The last novel by the legendary master of spy thrillers John Le Carré, who died in December 2020, Nathaniel, or simply Nat, is forty-six years old, twenty-five of which he worked as a British intelligence agent. It's time to hang your raincoat on a nail, take care of your family, go on vacation and while away your evenings at the Athletic Club, drinking beer and occasionally playing badminton. As compensation for many years of impeccable service for the good of the Motherland, "Kontra" offers Nat to head the spy substation "Gavan": an unremarkable building made of red brick, where a dozen agents try to get information about the Kremlin's actions to the best of their ability. The agents have little of these forces, the information turns out to be mostly uninteresting, so Nat is sure that this appointment is a kind of honorable resignation. But suddenly the situation begins to develop in a completely unpredictable way, involving Nathaniel in the most exciting and dangerous adventure of his life.
