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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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the spy who came in looking for the traitor
Even if you’ve seen the film the novel is extraordinarily worthwhile. It can be quite slow in the first half but picks up rapidly from there. Like The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Tinker Tailor transcends its genre. It’s far more than a spy story. Though you always get the feeling of authenticity with Le Carré, that this is the way the spy game is played. And it’s hard ball. But it’s also a story of human life and it’s written well, very well.
Even if you’ve seen the film the novel is extraordinarily worthwhile. It can be quite slow in the first half but picks up rapidly from there. Like The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Tinker Tailor transcends its genre. It’s far more than a spy story. Though you always get the feeling of authenticity with Le Carré, that this is the way the spy game is played. And it’s hard ball. But it’s also a story of human life and it’s written well, very well.
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Jun 23, 2024 07:56AM
I’ve heard of this movie before, but have never read the book. 🤷🏽♀�
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He is a brilliant writer and the book is easier to understand than the movie. It takes some work to get into but then you get a dose of reality that is far from Bond’s martinis 🍸 that were shaken not stirred.
