tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post5221278094304534223..comments2024-03-20T01:16:08.502-07:00Comments on Double O Section: John le Carré to Publish New George Smiley Novel A Legacy of Spies!Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-76945694153881340672017-03-16T04:05:37.007-07:002017-03-16T04:05:37.007-07:00So basically, I'm gonna have to take another c...So basically, I'm gonna have to take another crack at the Karla Trilogy before September. I started reading " Tinker, Tailor" back in my teens and got to about page fifty (so much backstory on Prideaux!) before putting the book back on the shelf. I'd gotten too used to Fleming. Yes, yes, I know, Le Carre and Fleming are poles apart. I'm 51 now. I think I'm ready to take another shot at it. <br />Read "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", "The Looking Glass War" and "The Russia House" over the years. Watching the remake of "Tinker Tailor" and the excellent "The Night Manager" mini-series has resparked my interest in Le Carre's work. I had already begun snapping up second-hand paperbacks of his books in recent years and I think I'm about ready to re-enter the Circus now that I'm older (if not wiser) and prefer my espionage fiction a little more mature. <br />Thanks for the news about this new Smiley book. I began reading "Call For The Dead" a few months ago, but stopped after the first chapter because I had two there books on the go at the same time. I've been told that it's more of a Poirot story than a spy story, but I loved the portrait that Le Carre painted of George Smiley in the first chapter. In the novels, you can't imagine neither Guinness or Oldman as Smiley.<br />Looking forward to this new book, and I'm glad that you're so thrilled about it too, Tanner. teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.com