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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold106 reviews

Walker & Company, 2005

The perfect novel for a 3 day weekend
Recommended by a Washington Post article, this book does not disappoint. It starts off with action in Berlin then spins a web of deceit and lies that keep the reader engrossed. We follow our main character through twists and turns and in different countries. The climax? Completely out of left-field. Shocking. As I finished the book, I sat and started at the ending for a good five minutes. ... 		  
  







  
  
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor9 reviews
Alec Guinness

Viking Adult, 1997

Superbly entertaining and thought-provoking
In this, the first of his two volumes (so far, I hope) based on his journal, the great actor Sir Alec Guinness makes writing and reading seem as effortless as his acting. His graceful, lucid prose is remarkable, as are his observations and ruminations on his life, on the craft of acting (he never lets one forget that acting is a craft with exacting standards of professionalism), on his ... 		  
  







  
  
The little drummer girl / John Le Carre1 review
John Le Carre

New York : Knopf, 1983

By way of perception.
Twenty-five years after initial publication, John le Carre's journey through the "theater of the real" that is the Middle East is a packed house of poignancy. The 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel prompted me to read "The Little Drummer Girl" and I concluded that anyone who remains a flag-waving partisan of the Israelis or the Palestinians after reading this book is lacking ... 		  
  







  
  
Call for the Dead. (Lernmaterialien)1 review
John le Carre

Reclam, Ditzingen, 1998

The master of the dirty world of espionage
Like gossip, most novels must see their characters in black and white; but John Le Carre, like most genuine espionage agents in real life, is able to turn even the most vivid colours into gray. This book vividly portrays espionage as deadly dull conformity that would be shocked by the excesses of a Milquetoast; instead of a James Bond, Le Carre's spy hero is a little, fat man, rather gloomy, ... 		  
  







  
  
John le Carre Value Collection: Tailor of Panama, Our Game, and Night Manager (The John Le Carre Collection)1 review

Random House Audio, 2000

Excellent reading by LeCarre
These three compelling tales are told exquisitely by LeCarre. His characterizations are exciting, sometimes humorous, and vivid. LeCarre's voice and familiarity with his own stories caused me to listen intently and I was well rewarded. 		  
  







  
  
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy64 reviews
John Le Carre

Chivers Audio Books, 1997

Wonderful Tradecraft
The real genius of Le Carre's novel is its pacing and form, with each page unfolding one more layer of a complex and compelling story. Both an intellectual and (somewhat) psychological thriller, the novel does not conform to almost any modern standards of the spy genre, preferring George Smiley's patient study and analysis to slowly and eloquently present a masterful deception within the Circus ... 		  
  







  
  
The Honorable Schoolboy39 reviews
John Le Carre

Random House Inc (T), 1977

Le Carre's Allegorical Second Act
In the course of this book, Le Carre references Candide and Joseph Conrad. Neither reference is accidental. Jerry Westerby, the blowhard sportswriter from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, is in this book endowed with a soul, and like Candide, he wanders from city to city in the course of this book, and like Candide, who witnesses the British hang one of their own admirals "pour encourager les ... 		  
  







  
  
Little Drummer Girl14 reviews
John Le Carre

Bantam, 1984

haunting
This is absolutely one of the best books I have ever read and over the years still stands out as one of my all-time favorites. I became a fan of Le Carre after the Smiley books, but this one - a non-Smiley work- is my favorite. I first read this nearly 20 years ago while in college - one other reviewer here noted that she sympathized more with the Charlie character when she was in her 20s than in ... 		  
  







  
  
The Looking Glass War1 review
John Le Carre

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2001

The Narrator Makes this Edition a Stand Out!
With an unabridged audio book that you just might spend your week with stuck in traffic on the freeway, it's not just the wonderful story you choose. Wolfram Kandinsky nails his characters in this great espionage thriller. Best is his portrayal of Leiser, the Polish defector and former agent who is sent back into a hostile East Germany. From the begining we "know" it isn't going to work; but ... 		  
  







  
  
John Le Carre: Three Complete Novels12 reviews
John Le Carre

New York: Avenel Books, 1983, 1983

Le Carre is simply the best !
When I make my fantasy list of the best books I've ever read, Le Carre's trilogy about George Smiley is near the top. The author is difficult reading. You have to pour over most paragraphs, so as not to miss each nouance. Smiley is the ultimate father figure in espionage literature. You are comfortable when he is there and figuring things out, but you marvel at the complexity and difficulty of ... 		  
  







  
  
Most Wanted Man87 reviews
John Le Carre

Imprint unknown, 2008

Ridiculously Topical
Very good, though not one of his best. As usual, very rich characters and a great story. He stays exclusively in one location, which is unusual, but it works. It seems like the book could be adapted to a stage play. 		  
  







  
  
The Little Drummer Girl: A Novel8 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2004

Is It Good vs. Evil, or Evil vs. Evil
Mr. Le Carre wrote this book about the Middle East in 1983, and it is as timely a novel now as it was then. Charlie, a modestly talented British actress goes to work for Israeli intelligence to try and locate a secretive Palestinian agent. Indoctrinated with a false background of having a romantic affair with the agent's brother, she plays the role with such determination that she begins to ... 		  
  







  
  
A Most Wanted Man87 reviews
John le Carre

Scribner, 2008

Ridiculously Topical
Very good, though not one of his best. As usual, very rich characters and a great story. He stays exclusively in one location, which is unusual, but it works. It seems like the book could be adapted to a stage play. 		  
  







  
  
A PERFECT SPY39 reviews
JOHN LE CARRE

Penguin, 1987

A Tangle of Loyalties
Every once and a while one reads a work of fiction that transcends the conventional to such an extent that words of praise fail to do it justice. John Le Carre's "A Perfect Spy" is one of these. The character of Magnus Pym, the narrator, is beautifully delineated. The author, in fact, depicts an anatomy of betrayal, as he draws us, his readers, inexorably into his antihero's tangled thoughts. ... 		  
  







  
  
A Most Wanted Man87 reviews
John Le Carre

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2008

Ridiculously Topical
Very good, though not one of his best. As usual, very rich characters and a great story. He stays exclusively in one location, which is unusual, but it works. It seems like the book could be adapted to a stage play. 		  
  







  
  
Absolute Friends8 reviews
John le Carre

Little, Brown and Company, 2005

A British Author At His Best
This is not another spy-story. Far from it. It is a lot more. It is inspired political fiction. John le Carré goes back to 1947, or even slightly before, and he is haunted by Hitler and nazism (though he did not know at the time of his writing this book that Gunther Grass - page 381 - had been an enlisted member of the SS). He depicts a long film of events going from the British Empire to the War ... 		  
  







  
  
Most Wanted Man, A (Signed and Slipcased Edition)87 reviews
John Le Carre

Imprint unknown, 2008

Ridiculously Topical
Very good, though not one of his best. As usual, very rich characters and a great story. He stays exclusively in one location, which is unusual, but it works. It seems like the book could be adapted to a stage play. 		  
  







  
  
Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories4 reviews

Orbis Books, 2003

Paradise, like Hell!
The personal essays of aid workers compiled by Bergman are profiles of ordinary people doing the extraordinary. Each essay reveals a unique writing style and personality. The one common thread that they share is a strong willingness to serve humanity; hence, they're humanitarians. The compilation consists of 15 essays. None of the locations would be paradise because the hell-holes span the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Honourable Schoolboy2 reviews
John Le Carre

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2001

Sometimes Nice Guys Do Finish Last
"The Honourable Schoolboy" is the second book in the British author John LeCarre's engrossing Smiley-Karla trilogy. It shares several qualities with "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," the first; and "Smiley's People," the third: Le Carre's deep knowledge of spycraft, as a former spy himself; his ability to create tight, complex plots, flavorful characters, and his way with a word. Yet the middle book ... 		  
  







  
  
Call for the Dead5 reviews
John le Carre

Walker & Company, 2004

It doesn't Get Much Better than This
Recently I decided to buy nice new hardback copies of all of my favorite author, John LeCarre's books. When I did a quick search, I discovered that I not only didn't own his first novel, Call for the Dead, I had never read it. So, I bought it and what a pleasure it was to read when it arrived. Clearly, John LeCarre was a great genious from the very beginning. It introduces the reader to his ... 		  
  







  




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