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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
 

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John Le Carre

John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
A modern masterpiece in which le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  espionage,  mystery,  thriller,  cold war (all tags)

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pblitt
  • Rated 5 stars

“Nobody writes the Cold War like le Carre. The plot is masterful, there's not a boring character in the book, and the main character is one of the most compelling men in modern fiction.”

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Max J.
  • Rated 2 stars

“I desperately wanted to love this book, and it does have its moments. Those, however, are mostly limited to little quirks of dialogue or scenes particularly well evoked. The rest is just a jumble of characters thrown in medias res into a hopelessly complicated story that never quite fleshes out. The device is interesting, but it causes le Carre to back so obliquely into key parts of the plot that it's like reading half of a conversation. So much time is spent attempting to make sure that...”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.954839 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.222222 stars
  

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  • Stephen W

    stephen w said:

    “George, Bill, karla these are names of legend in the service , Ju Ju men of the highest rank.
    Yes we are in the world of Le Carre and it is wonderful. One of the few sets of books I re read again and again, well about once every 18 months anyway. who is your favourite character do tell Connie, Yes repeat ....”

    posted Saturday, July 19 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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