Title: An aging Le Carre at his reflective best
Product review: Aging comes with consequences, among them being a reflection on the meaning of our past efforts. As someone who has been on a binge of Le Carre books for several months, this worthy effort peals away the reflections of a Cold War warrior through Smiley's presentation to young men and women in training to ply Smiley's trade in post Cold War circumstances. A series of anecdotes add up to a series of lessons learned, some good and some bad, but all worth learning. Smiley was never caught up in the hubris of others. He had a sense of limitations on the power to make significant change in world affairs, but he also had a sense of necessity for someone to act to oppose the Russian Bear. Perhaps I liked this book because, at age 70, I find myself going through a reflective period, coming to grips with the horizon that seemed so far away in my prime and realizing that the road will actually come to an end.
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