John le Carré
Language: English
ISBN mobi-asin
Espionage
Publisher: Scribner
Published: Jan 1, 1963
Le CarreÌü's fourth George Smiley novel is handsomely dramatized in this BBC Audio production. Early in the 1960s the cold war is in full swing, and the Department, a holdover from the WWII section of British intelligence, forms an uneasy alliance with its rival agency, the Circus, when it is suspected that Soviet missiles may be in the process of being placed along the West German border. Death, lies, betrayal, secrets, secrets, and more secrets all add up to the kind of rich espionage story fans have come to expect from le CarreÌü. Though this production, by necessity of time, is forced to leave out much of the book on which it's based, the dramatization captures the essence of the material, and the actors expertly brings their characters to life and are supported with excellent production values. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Publishers Weekly A bitter, bleak, superlatively written novel.
Financial Times (U.K.) A book of rare and great power.
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From Publishers Weekly
Le CarreÌü's fourth George Smiley novel is handsomely dramatized in this BBC Audio production. Early in the 1960s the cold war is in full swing, and the Department, a holdover from the WWII section of British intelligence, forms an uneasy alliance with its rival agency, the Circus, when it is suspected that Soviet missiles may be in the process of being placed along the West German border. Death, lies, betrayal, secrets, secrets, and more secrets all add up to the kind of rich espionage story fans have come to expect from le CarreÌü. Though this production, by necessity of time, is forced to leave out much of the book on which it's based, the dramatization captures the essence of the material, and the actors expertly brings their characters to life and are supported with excellent production values.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
Publishers Weekly A bitter, bleak, superlatively written novel.
Financial Times (U.K.) A book of rare and great power.