![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Or perhaps I was distracted by the frankly offensive portrayal of the various beddable, sex-hungry, needy women who put in an appearance in the first third of the book. Maybe I was too busy trying to work out what all the unexplained jargon means – lamplighters, scalphunters, et al. And there’s no doubt that many people think it’s brilliant, heaping praise on it as the best espionage fiction ever written in this world or any other, full of suspense and tension. Oh, is that what it’s about? That sounds moderately interesting. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus – even though it may be one of those closest to him. So let’s see what Goodreads thinks it’s about…Ī mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. I only know it bored me to sleep several times, so I eventually gave up before I ended up in permanent hibernation. Unfortunately I have zero idea what this book is about. Normally at the beginning of a review I write a little blurb to give an idea of the plot. ![]()
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