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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780559350184
ISBN: 055935018X
Label: BiblioBazaar
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 09, 2008
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
Release Date: October 09, 2008
Studio: BiblioBazaar

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, SMILEY'S PEOPLE and THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, a tale of espionage in which George Smiley embarks on a mission to catch a Soviet mole who has been operating for some thirty years.




Rating: - Good but pedantic (3.5 stars)
I just finished reading Tinker Tailor and I'm left without a strong feeling about the book, prompting me to give it 3.5 stars. Let me say first that I was looking for a good spy novel that also had a good literary wit to it, beyond say Tom Clancy (who, in general, I like). After a recommendation from a British friend who has literary tastes, I read Tinker Tailor.

I noticed immediately that Le Carre certainly writes in a literary way. His language is very good, vocabulary excellent, ... Read More

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Rating: - The perfect spy novel
I spent 35 years in the intelligence business. Unlike the hero of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, I dealt with mostly technical issues. I had a couple of dealings with the British and I came away from both thinking that a Brit with his brain, a pencil, and pad of paper routinely made an American with all his technology look brutishly impoverished in comparison. Much the same as Einstein or Isaac Newton, similarly armed, makes your typical modern scientist awash in super computers and wonders of technology ... Read More

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Rating: - Worth picking up again after 20 years.
Having read and enjoyed Le Carre's more recent novels I felt it was time to turn back to the older ones to help me recall why I picked up this author in the first place. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy took me a while to get sucked in to - but once there, I could not put it down. The writing is just so superior to many of the junk read spy novels available now - which makes for a more difficult but thoroughly more enjoyable more satisfying read. Of course now I'm going to have to go and buy the next two in ... Read More

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Rating: - Wonderful Tradecraft
The real genius of Le Carre's novel is its pacing and form, with each page unfolding one more layer of a complex and compelling story. Both an intellectual and (somewhat) psychological thriller, the novel does not conform to almost any modern standards of the spy genre, preferring George Smiley's patient study and analysis to slowly and eloquently present a masterful deception within the Circus (British Intelligence). Le Carre's characters are excellent as well: Smiley's shy and arrogant brilliance, Peter ... Read More

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Rating: - Read it slowly
Not a quick read, nor should it be. Stay with it slowly. The book has a lot to offer. A classic by any means and one that should not be missed by those who enjoy mysteries.

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