As well as George there is a vast array of characters, too many to mention and at times I did feel a little confused as to who was who. He has been brought back from retirement (this is the fifth George Smiley book), and give the task of searching for a mole high up in the ranks of the MI6. George Smiley is a fascinating character. Whilst this is a spy story set during the Cold War, there is no James Bond bling to it. My first impressions of Le Carré’s work is how rich in vocabulary it is, you can certainly tell it was written a few decades ago from the carefully chosen descriptive words. Alas, I have seen none, so apart from the synopsis and little snippets people were telling me, I knew nothing about the book.
I will admit that I know of the book and that a few years ago there was a BBC adaptation of it and a recent movie. When I mentioned it to a few people that I would be reading it they all said the same thing, ‘it is a great book to get me introduced to the author’s work’. This is the first John Le Carré book that I have ever read. Smiley’s mission is to catch a Moscow Centre mole burrowed thirty years deep into the Circus itself. The scene which he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles and lamplighters, scalp-hunters and pavement artists, where men are turned, burned or bought for stock. George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The enduring novel by one of our greatest storytellers. Released – 27th September 2018 (re-issued)
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