This is the first John le Carre novel I've ever read and I'm hooked. I was surprised that "the legendary George Smiley" sat around and did so much reading of old files. Furthermore, I was surprised, even shocked, that le Carre chose to tell so much of his story by having characters recount in dialog...
"The suspicious black car did not follow me home. How am I supposed to maintain this level of paranoia with this level of incompetence?" Tweet from jkeeten's defunct Twitter account."I don't smoke but I always travel w/ a Zippo lighter in case I have to light a beautiful woman's cigarette or the wic...
I didn't know anything about this book before I started reading it, so I had no assumptions about what would happen. le Carre writes masterfully, and I enjoyed his prose and execution of plot. The problem with a lot of espionage and detective novels is that the author typically focuses on all the ac...
A quote to give you some idea what you are dealing with: “'It is the perfect fix: you see that, don't you, Toby, really?' Smiley remarked in a quiet, rather distant way. 'Assuming it is a fix. It makes everyone wrong who's right: Connie Sachs, Jerry Westerby... Jim Prideaux... even Control. Silences...
Really three and a half. More detailed review to come after reading previous books in the series. Not that this doesn't work as a stand-alone, but there might be some things that would be easier to understand if one reads previous installments.Very realistic spy novel, particularly in comparison to ...
With the recent movie "Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy" with Gary Oldman now out, I thought I would dust off the book first before heading to the movie theaters. I was reminded again how well John le Carre writes, and how fascinating the world he creates is. I then probably foolishly watched the BBC ...
Finally after a long struggle I have completed this novel. Of course I must admit that I was reading other books on the side, writing a drama and pursuing university, sporting interests, video games, films and socialising. In other words putting my week-long break to good purpose.This is a highly un...
Perhaps my mood for reading this wasn't right, or perhaps I just could not get into it. Page 236 is where I am up to and I've left it for almost two months without having the will nor inclination to continue.I think there is a good story here, but perhaps one that needs extracting from a novel that ...
It was a great synchronicity that this popped up on one of my reading lists right now, as one of my gaming groups is about to embark on a game of Cold City, set in post-War Berlin, playing representatives of different countries in BPRD-like surroundings.But my spycraft is sadly lacking, so reading T...
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