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Introducing George Smiley. You know him as a spy; here he operates as a detective to find out why a foreign service officer has apparently committed suicide. I loved Smiley when I read him a LONG time ago and he his just as entertaining here, although I think of him as Alec Guiness rather than Gary Oldman.
I began reading this series because John le Carre has a new book out after thirty-five years. There has been quite a bit of press about it, so I decided to belatedly jump on the bandwagon. John le Carre's claim to fame are spy novels, and I do love anything about spies. He was actually in MI6, so that lends credibility to some of his plot lines and descriptions of the emotions an intelligence officer goes through. However, I do not read mysteries. Never have, and I had no desire to begin now, al
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What dreams did you cherish, Mrs. Fennan, that had so little of the world in them?
I guess I'm glad I read this, and I guess it was good, but to be honest I'm not really sure on either count. I'm not really sure I understood what happened.
Reading this is like reading Shakespeare: there are so many things le Carré assumes the reader knows, but I have no idea! I need an annotated edition to explain all the Britishisms and cultural norms of the time. My poor little 21st century American brain h ...more
First le Carre for me. Suppose I'll stick with Smiley for a few more episodes.
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