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I was not particularly impressed or unimpressed either way. Years ago, I listened to the audiobook of The Spy Who Came in From The Cold. I remember little about it save for how it ended. I rated it two stars on Goodreads in 2011.
As I was reading A Delicate Truth, about half way through I started wondering if this wasn't going to end the same way. And it did. You could see the ending coming from a mile away. A good man, trying to do the right thing by a newly met woman that he was vaguely attracted to gets them both black-bagged in the end. I am not sure what it says about the current state of affairs or the political climate that was wholly unsurprised.
I felt like the portrait of the rich, stupid Americans was a bit overcooked and not worthy of Le Carre's usual sophistication. But I felt that way of the entire novel - it was written via machete rather than scalpel.
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