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I hesitate in giving this book a low rating - because it is a classic (pretty much anything written by John Le Carre is a classic for the spy genre). And yet ...
The lead character, the apparent "perfect spy" for the purposes of this novel, is Magnus Pym - born before WW2 as the son of grifter / con-artist. The childhood and adolescence of Magnus is explored in great detail, recollected in memories written down by himself once he's gone into hiding late in his life. The various exploits and sche ...more
The lead character, the apparent "perfect spy" for the purposes of this novel, is Magnus Pym - born before WW2 as the son of grifter / con-artist. The childhood and adolescence of Magnus is explored in great detail, recollected in memories written down by himself once he's gone into hiding late in his life. The various exploits and sche ...more
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