by John le Carré
I read this after seeing the really wonderful film adaptation. There are, of course, some differences.I have to say, that while I enjoyed the cynical outlook and the conflicts within all the characters, I found Issa's character to be really annoying, which I guess is the point
A very thoughtful story, combining a mannered description of an older and jaded expatriate British banker, a ferociously dedicated young woman lawyer, good hearted Turkish immigrants, an illegal refugee fleeing torture in Turkey and Russia. What could go wrong? The national security apparatus of ...
John le Carré at his best is an intricate plotter and storyteller who depicts the spy game as you never see it in Hollywood (well, except when Hollywood is making adaptations of John le Carré novels) — gritty and sleazy and all sharp but blurry edges, full of generally unpleasant people who are rare...
I hesitate about putting this on my better-written-than-Harry-Potter shelf. It is and it isn't.Poor le Carre. He needed a new day job after the Cold War made his old one irrelevant. The stuff he's churned out since is hopeless. He doesn't have a clue how to understand anybody except Cold War spies. ...
A young Muslim man or uncertain origin, scarred from extensive torture, finds his way into Hamburg and inquires into a large account, set up by his father, held in a private bank. A middle-aged banker reawakens to the existence of certain “special” accounts set up during the cold war by people of qu...
John Le Carre’s Smiley novels are unquestionably masterpieces. However, with the collapse of the Soviet Union history pulled the carpet away from beneath him; since then he seems to have lost his relevance and is in danger of producing pastiches of himself.There’s nothing new about A Most Wanted Man...
I didn't particularly enjoy this one, admittedly it isn't one of my favorite genres, but I thought the blurb sounded interesting and gave it a go. I found it pretty boring and had to force myself to keep reading hoping for a good ending, alas I was disappointed by that also. On a positive note the b...
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