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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A challenge to bullying swaggering power I have just finished reading "A Most Wanted Man". It took me a couple of days of after-work reading but I really wish that I had taken it in one long gulp. The pleasure would have been even greater: it is a superbly written story that shrieks out a challenge to injustice and double-dealing and the swaggering, bullying use of power. In terms of execution, there are sentences and phrases that pull you up short while you register the absolute exactitude of the description of the emotion or experience that... more info
Excellent "War on Terror" thriller It's great that Le Carre, at 76, has been able to write a "War on Terror" thriller that ranks with his Cold War thrillers. The old master can still construct a cracking plot. And there's important insight here into where our intelligence agencies, under pressure from their political masters, are going wrong (lack of human intelligence and infiltration). Highly recommended (4.5 stars, but I'm feeling generous so let's call it 5!).
As good a novel as he has written. There will be those who dislike the controlled anger of this book and those who wish for a nostalgic return to the likes of 'Tinker, Tailor..'. Well you would be missing out. This is a stunning novel by le Carre, superbly constructed, strong plot, well drawn characters and I would defy anyone to take issue with the message behind the story. This is vintage le Carre. As well written as anything he has ever done before and a welcome addition to his collection of stunning novels.
Espionage through the eyes of the Master Afficiandos of the John le Carre spy novel come in at least three basic types. There are many who savor a contemporary, stylish and intriguing plot with fully drawn (and inevitably fallible) characters. There are those who simply appreciate good writing. And then some who expect both. None will be disappointed by A Most Wanted Man. In this, his 21st novel, Le Carre returns to his roots: to a post-Cold War Germany and the internecine warfare of competing intelligence agencies (both domestic and... more info
