The Secret Pilgrim
by:
John le Carré (author)
Ned is the Secret Pilgrim, a loyal soldier of the Cold War, who has been in British Intelligence all his adult life. Now, just as retirement is within his grasp, he is forced by the explosions of change to revisit his secret years and face the questions that have haunted him for thirty years.
Ned is the Secret Pilgrim, a loyal soldier of the Cold War, who has been in British Intelligence all his adult life. Now, just as retirement is within his grasp, he is forced by the explosions of change to revisit his secret years and face the questions that have haunted him for thirty years.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345504425 (0345504429)
Publish date: April 29th 2008
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense
Series: George Smiley (#8)
Another good audio adaption from the Smiley players. The story is more of a interlinked series of stories about the spy business and the question of morality. The Vietnam section while very powerful, is also somewhat predictable, and considering the treatment of women in certain professionals, als...
This is a collage of old tales an ageing spy tells his students before his retirement. Unfortunately the stories were told in the first person voice from a perspective I never connected with. Despite his best efforts, le Carré couldn’t make me care about Ned, not even when he was reminiscing with Sm...
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