The George Smiley Trilogy by John le Carré
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- The Honourable Schoolboy
- Smiley’s People
I’m gasping for breath. I’ve just finished reading parts I and II and I’m giddy from the adrenaline rush. I had to write this even before launching into the third instalment. If I could absorb it right away by osmosis, I’d be game.
Le Carré is always great and, of course, we all know parts I and III from the incredible BBC series of the late 70’s when George Smiley became forever Alec Guiness, but there is nothing quite like reading it. And I didn’t know the Schoolboy, Jerry Westerby; what an incredible and inscrutable character!
I galloped through the book and I’ll have to read it again to understand everything that happened but my evaluation is:
I wish you all finish a book this year feeling like I feel finishing this one
Check out Ted Scheinman’s article for a more coherent but equally effusive review of the complete oeuvre of le Carré.
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