John Le Carre: Three Complete Novels : Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/the Honourable Schoolboy/Smiley s People
£40.65
Three birds with one stone - A winning trifecta from the Spymaster. Revisit the good old days of the cold war and espionage through the eyes of everyman intelligence genius George Smiley in three of LeCarre s best. An excellent writer of prose, with an ear for understated English conversation, LeCarre is an underrated novelist, as plot, dialogue, and denoument are all strong. All three novels combined is a must read for spy readers, and a pleasing literary work for those who appreciate top notch writing skills.
Too Complicated - LeCarre is far to involved in spy terminology to let his readers understand the story he is trying to tell them. Although you eventually get there, it really is nt worth the ride.I read it when the cold war was in progress. Think what a reader today would make of it.
LeCarre and Smiley: men who transcend the genre - Master sleuth George Smiley, now retired, has a problem. The whole of Britain s intelligence web, and possibly the future of Britain itself, lie uncovered and bleeding from wounds delivered by a British double agent. Smiley must come out of retirement and perform a miracle. The manner in which he attempts to do so, as related by John Le Carre, is no less than a miracle in itself. Le Carre s Smiley novels are masterworks of intricacy, double and triple dealing, subtle and surprising plot twists, and remarkable characterizations at every turn. Smiley and his associates, in London and Hong Kong and Vietman and a brown Italian hillside, are fully-developed characters, as real as their problems. Le Carre s novels are a wondrously complex combination of superior writing and lively plots, grand and memorable treats for the discerning reader. Le Carre has been compared to Dickens once too often, Great Expectations was never this exciting.