Not the first generation of readers around the world eagerly awaits the release of each new book by the British master. A former MI6 officer, John Le Carré knows far more about the workings of the intelligence services than is necessary for peace of mind - his characters live under the pressure of an eternal choice between duty and honor. The masterpieces of the spy novel from the pen of Le Carré, sad and ironic, touching and merciless, rightfully occupy an honorable shelf in any home library. In the new novel “A Traitor Like Us,” a young English couple arranges a romantic vacation in Antigua , where he meets a rich Russian who launders money for criminal gangs whose leaders are about to write him off. To save himself and his family, he offers British intelligence a sea of valuable information in exchange for protection and patronage. His last desperate hope is in the “English gentlemen” who always “play fair”...