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I probably picked the wrong book to read as my first Le Carré spy novel, as I'm know there are many "classic" Le Carré novels that are probably more representative, but I still enjoyed this book quite a bit. I knew to expect moral complexities, of course, and a slightly jaundiced and world-weary outlook. Obviously, Le Carré is working in the tradition of Graham Greene here.
What I hadn't expected, though, was how mordantly funny Le Carré can be, not in an overt but in a subtle way. There's satir ...more
What I hadn't expected, though, was how mordantly funny Le Carré can be, not in an overt but in a subtle way. There's satir ...more
Really funny especially for a spy novel
Jul 12, 2008
Joseph
marked it as to-read
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