Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 9/6/2011 + 813 more book reviews

This is an enjoyable novel that fills in gaps in the George Smiley omnibus, The Quest for Karla (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy, and Smileys People) as well as amplifying some of The Russia House. There is no running story line; it is snippets of incidents in the career of one of Smileys contemporaries. Told with all of the criticism and wry wit that Le Carré can master, he will hold your attention to the very end.

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