by John le Carré
AcknowledgmentsMap--The Honourable Schoolboy
This was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I loved the writing, the setting, and the overall atmosphere but the plot was not the tightest and at times I wondered how it would all come together in the end. I listened to the audio version which was read byMichael Jayston who did an excellent job.
bookshelves: winter20092010, spies, published-1977, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, fraudio, adventure Read from January 25 to February 08, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Set against the backdrop of the war in Indochina in 1975, spymaster George Smiley uncovers a trail of Russian money leading t...
Another good production by the Smiley Players. This radio drama more than a straight forward audio book. The cast is great, especially Simon Russell Beale who plays Smiley. It is more of morality tales that will make you think. If you like Dowton Abbey, you might want to check this out as Hugh B...
What a great book...
A disappointing follow-up to "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" - perhaps because it feels like two novels jammed together and the pieces don't quite match up. For one thing, it's a solid 150 pages too long. For another, I rather hated Jerry Westerby. But the story of George Smiley is what keeps you ...
John asks for a review.You know what, John? Right now I'm reading Through a Scanner Darkly. Should you happen to know it, it may explain why I'm not giving one.Or maybe just this: it was too long ago and I honestly can't tell one of the early le Carres from another. I know I shouldn't say that, but....
Set against the backdrop of the war in Indochina in 1975, spymaster George Smiley uncovers a trail of Russian money leading to a prominent Hong Kong citizen. But what is the money for? George Smiley ...... Simon Russell BealeJerry Westerby ...... Hugh BonnevillePeter Guillam ...... Richard DillaneCo...
I thought I had read this once before but I didn't remember anything except the name of the pilot "Tiny Ricardo".Le Carre has two sides, the guy who wrote "Tinker, Tailor,..." and a hack best-seller writer. This has to be classed in the hack department. There's plenty of the standard devices of ch...
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