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For quite some time, this was one of the most amazing successes in the genre of espionage fiction. It reined supreme. The 'beach-read' public had never seen anything quite like it. Everyone knew John LeCarre was a spy writer, and that he was 'rather good'.
Everyone at the time was aware of the landmark authorship which he had already achieved some years previously, with 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'. But I daresay no one expected him to equal that triumph; no one expected him to follow tha ...more
Everyone at the time was aware of the landmark authorship which he had already achieved some years previously, with 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'. But I daresay no one expected him to equal that triumph; no one expected him to follow tha ...more
The best book I ever read!
Aug 20, 2012
Stephen Chung
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