Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (41)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John LeCarre

Wow... is all I can say about this book! For those who don't like LeCarre, or think this book is a snoozer.. All I can say is you are missing the point. Not everything has to filled with excitement, car chases, shoot-outs etc. Sometimes the excitement is in the details... of pouring over information to find the connections between seemingly unconnected events. This is what Smiley did to find the biggest mole in the history of the Circus..
The book is *very* complex and detailed... Near the end I spent an hour and made notes and maps of the story to try to puzzle out what was happening.. the ending still surprised me... Brilliant!

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