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May 19, 2019Twiggzette rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
A very disappointing book. I've always enjoyed le Carré in the past because of the quality, clarity, and beauty of his writing. He has a 1st from Oxford in English Literature --- no mean feat --- and lectured at Eaton, among other educational achievements. Unfortunately, for this book he chose to change his polished writing "voice" to that of a lower class fictional MI6 agent Peter Guillam, who was George Smiley's "go to" guy (along with Toby Esterhase) in le Carré's Smiley books. This new, unpolished voice sounds phony and insincere, to me anyway. Still, I gave the book a chance by flipping forward several times to see if it got "better", and every time it still disappointed me. I couldn't get past the voice to enjoy the tale. I hope that you who read this will. Give the book a try. After all, it's le Carré!