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'Smiley's People' is wonderful. Having been a little disappointed in the previous book 'The Honourable Schoolboy' (George Smiley #6) (1977), I am delighted to report that 'Smiley's People' is a return to peak Smiley.My experience is that the more Smi ...more "
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"Mesmerising stuff. I’m over halfway through 'Smiley's People' (George Smiley #7) (1980) and, having been a little disappointed in 'The Honourable Schoolboy' (George Smiley #6) (1977), am delighted to state it’s been brilliant so far." — Mar 20, 2017 09:41AM
"Mesmerising stuff. I’m over halfway through 'Smiley's People' (George Smiley #7) (1980) and, having been a little disappointed in 'The Honourable Schoolboy' (George Smiley #6) (1977), am delighted to state it’s been brilliant so far." — Mar 20, 2017 09:41AM
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"The men and women of the West scraped clear the glass of their own lives whenever they wanted to make a new image there, and San Francisco was a hothouse made out of these lives, incubating fantasies, erasures, and new beginnings. (Like the glass used for early photographic negatives and later repurposed for green houses)" — 14 hours, 52 min ago
"The men and women of the West scraped clear the glass of their own lives whenever they wanted to make a new image there, and San Francisco was a hothouse made out of these lives, incubating fantasies, erasures, and new beginnings. (Like the glass used for early photographic negatives and later repurposed for green houses)" — 14 hours, 52 min ago
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(page 97 of 208)
"This captures that narrow historical corridor between the austerity of the 1950s and the full explosion of Swinging London in the mid/late 60s. Despite elements of modernity the infrastructure for a truly modern female life hasn't quite been built yet. These characters are caught between eras. It's fab and has a wonderful duality: part classic novel of manners, part early herald of 1960s liberation" — Jul 20, 2026 05:10AM
"This captures that narrow historical corridor between the austerity of the 1950s and the full explosion of Swinging London in the mid/late 60s. Despite elements of modernity the infrastructure for a truly modern female life hasn't quite been built yet. These characters are caught between eras. It's fab and has a wonderful duality: part classic novel of manners, part early herald of 1960s liberation" — Jul 20, 2026 05:10AM
He was a man who liked to move quickly, Ray saw. His hair was nearly white. Ray could not imagine him young, with more weight on him, but it was easy to imagine his wife young, bright-blue-eyed and pert, with a rather common Irish
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“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”
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“If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution.”
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“The first time that this tribulation appeared in history, it was to strike down the enemies of God. Pharaoh opposed the designs of the Eternal and the plague brought him to his knees. Since the beginning of history, the scourge of God has brought down the proud and the blind beneath His feet. Think on this and fall to your knees.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“If I’d stayed there, would I always have been happy? No, I suppose not. People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies.”
― A Month in the Country
― A Month in the Country
“Too much thought is bad for the soul, for art, and for crime. It is also a sign of middle age.”
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