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I read this at about the same time as LeCarre’s biography (not his autobiography). It’s pretty clear where he got his inspiration.
I have issues with this novel. On the side of the good, it demonstrates LeCarre really going into an unusual area of espionage-storytelling (for him at the time) which is the 'historical' or 'period-piece' novel; and so he is to be applauded for that, naturally. There is richness in what he achieved in his descriptions of England in the 1930s. There is inventiveness in the characters and in the plot development; in the motivations. In fact the story has a really elegant build-up.
But once its ove ...more
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Excellent. The constant transition between 1st & 3rd person narration is so well done.
One of his best.
One of his best.
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