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Jul 29, 2018NedSu rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Full disclosure: I am of that age wherein the narrator finds himself. By my bias, this is a great story, sprinkled with little bits of tradecraft that reminded me that John Le Carre is the master of the spy novel. Len Deighton's works did not surpass the master, and as much as I love Mick Herron and his Slough Horses, Mick has not matched either the body of work or the quality of writing that still sets the Smiley author apart. Reading earlier works by Le Carre might help the casual reader, but it does stand alone as a seeming swan song of all of Smiley's People. Hopefully, reading this book might entice a new reader to. Find the old books that evoke this same feeling.