After watching the 1982 DVD series recently I couldn't decide who was who and what was what. So I read the book. And what a convoluted tale of legends and spies as Smiley undertakes a lonely, covert mission to uncover the secrets which will finally cause the downfall of his arch-enemy Karla. Le Carré was so much more than a spinner of yarns, his characters from the General who defected to the girl incarcerated in a Swiss asylum are breathing human beings.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 100 Spring 2021 ) |
