This is le Carré back to his very best. Brilliantly drawn, most characters will be very familiar to readers of his earlier work. Acquaintance however only enhances the intrigue. But like so many of his novels, the plot is not fully resolved; appropriately for the genre, he again leaves us in a state of suspended ambiguity. He says this is George Smiley's last outing. Addicts will be begging for more. How clever is that!
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 86 Autumn 2017 ) |
