03-18-2022, 02:29 PM
Silverview by John LeCarre
The last book from John Le Carre. It feels kind of short but it has the usual Le Carre elements. The writing was really good but it seemed like pieces we had seen before. There's a spy who is selling secrets to the enemy. There is the weary case officer trying to track him down. There is the couple stuck in the middle of all the machinations. A lot of the story is vague because Le Carre likes to hint at the story without really telling the story. He also uses the code name and the characters name interchangeably without really saying the character has a code name. For the longest time I thought they were two different characters.
I've read a lot of Le Carre over the years. Some has been really good. Some has been okay. But there was always a great sense of style in his use of language.
The last book from John Le Carre. It feels kind of short but it has the usual Le Carre elements. The writing was really good but it seemed like pieces we had seen before. There's a spy who is selling secrets to the enemy. There is the weary case officer trying to track him down. There is the couple stuck in the middle of all the machinations. A lot of the story is vague because Le Carre likes to hint at the story without really telling the story. He also uses the code name and the characters name interchangeably without really saying the character has a code name. For the longest time I thought they were two different characters.
I've read a lot of Le Carre over the years. Some has been really good. Some has been okay. But there was always a great sense of style in his use of language.
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