false 18989 53 John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.<P>A modern masterpiece in which le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, <I>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</I> begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.<P>It is now beyond doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed. <P> 2491780 1974 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy total:1693|5:606|4:657|3:344|2:68|1:18| 1693 6844 2302 156 4 4 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 16:24:26 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 10:10:47 -0700 2008 The Spy Who Came In From the Cold on my honeymoon in Paris, and I remember liking it, but not rushing out to get more Le Carre. Well, now I'm going to rush out to get more Le Carre.

I didn't give this five stars because it was a touch slow to get moving. I think if I'd just...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 18:44:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 18:44:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 09 16:46:22 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 16:54:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 26 08:39:14 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 03 14:03:52 -0800 2008 Tinker Tailor is a spy novel, and that Le Carre obviously wanted to achieve a certain effect appropriate to the genre, and to keep everything "realistic." But it was jargon-y to a fault, and in keeping its audience as in the dark as its protagonist, it succeed...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Oct 10 18:44:02 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 18:57:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 13 22:11:06 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 13:25:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 12:59:58 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 09:41:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 08 12:25:51 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 12:31:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 12 19:12:06 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 20 10:10:52 -0700 2008 "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold"). Honestly, you need a scorecard to keep the characters and plot line straight. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 19 13:41:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:48:23 -0700 2009 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold.

Le Carre does a great job of describing the intricacies of Cold War espionage, and the plot twist, while not a complete surprise, was still very well done. It also delved more deeply into the political aspects (as o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Feb 06 17:48:16 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:33:14 -0800 2009 always one step more complicated, rich, and relevant than simple
adventure or suspense novels. As his career developed, so too the books. In his early books he seemed compelled to add the obligatory tough-guy slap-...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Mon Feb 02 21:22:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 21:28:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 03:42:21 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 21:17:11 -0700 2009 Mission: Impossible movie, whose main character was also called Hunt) the exotic locales, swashbuckling secret agents, and suave shoot-em-ups are either few and far between, inversed in their characterizations, or ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:13:14 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:43:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Fri May 04 11:28:31 -0700 2007 Fri May 04 11:29:11 -0700 2007 He is the greatest (fictional) spymaster of all time.
He is ruthlessly intelligent, patient, and highly moral.
(He's also balding, chubby and completely ineffectual in his personal life. Nobody's perfect.)
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As a ten-year-old with an interest in the spy genre, I cut my teeth on the BBC radio adaptation of this fine...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:44:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:37:41 -0700 2009 more...]]>