Title: A great spy story.
Review: This book is unquestionably Lecarre's best with Smiley's People a close second. For a genre book it is very literary in intent and in style. The proof of this for me was that I was not entirely satisfied with the book the first time I read it but was intrigued enough with the material to try it again a few years later. Knowing the basic plot, including the identity of the "mole" enabled me to really focus on and truly enjoy the themes of betrayal and British decline. Only a rare mystery/thriller would pass this test. On the purely technical level the book is also well done and the various steps employed by Smiley to solve the case are a great pleasure to follow.Read this book and Smiley's people. I agree with the prior reviewer that Honorable Schoolboy is best skipped.
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