false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18990.jpg 18990 42 <B>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.</B><P>In this classic masterwork, le Carré expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.<P>In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin.<P> 79986 1977 The Honourable Schoolboy total:707|5:174|4:301|3:199|2:25|1:8| 707 2729 874 51 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 06 17:50:03 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:46:07 -0800 2009
The narrative time from the first act...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 22 11:43:32 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 07:36:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 11:36:55 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 20:58:29 -0800 2009 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). With few resources, he calls on friend Jerry Westerby, the Honourable schoo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:36:37 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:37:53 -0700 2008 ]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 10:29:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 10:31:31 -0700 2009
While a "taught thriller" for much of the book, the end seems to drag, and at 670 pages, not a big surprise that the acti...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 21:11:39 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 20 20:31:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 10 21:11:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Feb 02 21:28:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 21:05:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 17:58:48 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 18:05:33 -0800 2007
If you think only of Le Carre as an airport book, think again; he writes with real humanity about the real cost of being a spy, and his anti-heroes are convin...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 23 06:43:55 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 01:00:28 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 01:04:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Sat Jul 26 16:18:48 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 16:40:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:37:42 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 00:39:25 -0700 2009
Not sure if they ever made this book a movie, but I do recall there being talk of it. I think it would make it a fine movie, if they ever decide to do it.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 26 17:12:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 00:48:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Mon Sep 15 16:40:46 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 16:49:35 -0700 2008 in snatches, three times more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 20:14:46 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:32:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 09:23:19 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 09:27:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 11 11:58:16 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 30 09:09:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 11:25:57 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 08:10:08 -0800 2009
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 plen...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 09:31:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 09:32:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 12:02:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:45:23 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 30 07:25:01 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:25:01 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18990