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Originally Posted by raychensmith
I think the classic The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John leCarre is a must. His other stories got bigger and progressively duller--the movie is great, but I dare anyone to finish Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy!--but his first novel was short and sweet with a bunch of where-did-that-come-from? plots and a remarkable ending.
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I read all LeCarré, except
Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy. I agree that
The Spy... was an easy and interesting read, and maybe one of his best. As regards as the rest of his books, I found some of them quite dull, and some of them very interesting. IMO, his masterpiece is
Absolute friends. I really love that book and am surprised it is not mentioned more often.