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... of Living by Mavis Gallant (written a while ago but newly collected this year)
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré
Smiley's People by John le Carré
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien ... ... of Living by Mavis Gallant (written a while ago but newly collected this year)
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré
Smiley's People by John le Carré
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien ... ... Schoolboy, first, and that gave away the secret of TTSS. In my opinion, THS is better than TTSS, and the last book, Smiley's People, is still better -- better in that they get more psychologically complex and less "spy novelish." And that is the reason why I thought A Perfect Spy is ... OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
... lists are pretty diverse but some names do pop up more than once.
Just one little thought, bonniebooks. I saw the book Smiley's People by John le Carre on cmt's list. I personally read it after reading Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy as a part of the Smiley ... Do you think someone could enjoy just reading Smiley's People? I think I read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ages ago, but can't remember it and don't really want to read 3 spy novels--not my favorite genre, but you've got me interested. ... 37, 39 and 40, all by John le Carre
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy - 5 stars
The Honourable Schoolboy - 3 stars, just
Smiley's People - 5 stars
I finished Smiley's People last night and have that slightly deflated but happy feeling when you finish an amazing series of books. I ... ... have been good at recreating the books, including the BBC series of the The Raj Quarter, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Smiley's People, and the German TV series of Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain.
On the whole, I find most US movie versions of books I love disappointing, and ... cmt, Glad you're enjoying Smiley's People (even though I think it was you who said elsewhere that you didn't like The Honourable Schoolboy that much) and I wouldn't necessarily recommend Dangerous Games to people who loved Paris 1919 but it's short enough and well written enough that you ... ... across that one but Paris 1919 was so good that I'll read anything else she's written!
PS - am 100 pages from the end of Smiley's People and will finish it tonight no matter how late it gets! ... don't know if I'mgoing to get to it before it's due back though - it's that or Burnt Shadows, and not till I've finished Smiley's People... and written a midterm test.... ... and read the top of your thread!
ooh - you finished Nixonland! Awesome!! I picked it up again last night because Smiley's People was too scary for before bed. I'm in the very early part about the Watts riots.
My thread's way out of date too, except for my list. I've finished The Honourable Schoolboy and am halfway through Smiley's People . I loved the first in the trilogy, but found the HS a slog. I think it's because I haven't been to Hong Kong or Cambodia or Laos, so I couldn't visualise the setting. But I'm loving Smiley's People.
#61 and ... I'm in London and Paris with Smiley's People by John le Carre,and I'm very scared. I'm one-third of the way through the three disks of Smiley's People so I'll either get The Leopard from Netflix after I finish this series or after the three disks of A Perfect Spy, depending on how I feel. But I'll let you know once I watch it. #43 cmt, So glad you're enjoying TTSS and THS, and you will be even more blown away by the last one in the trilogy, Smiley's People. Then you should go on and read A Perfect Spy, which surpasses them all.
#47, Smiley, I agree with you in general about le Carrés best work being the cold ... ... le Carre is one of your favourites. I thought I'd read most of the good ones when I was a teenager, but I hadn't. I have Smiley's People waiting for me! ... Apart myself. Not so much the following novel, No Longer at Ease.
Finally, #43-cmt,
I assume you will go on to Smiley's People? Loved all three of them. With a few exceptions I haven't enjoyed John Le Carre's work much since he left the arena of the cold war.
By the way, ... Murr, I just got the third (and last) DVD of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy with Alec Guiness from Netflix, and Smiley's People is next up in my queue. Too bad there's no movie of The Honorable Schoolboy. Guiness is perfect as Smiley.
In the end, I didn't start any of the long books over ... #38 Smiley's People by John le Carré
Without a doubt, this third novel is the deepest and most moving of the so-called Karla trilogy, while retaining le Carré's complex and exciting plotting and insightful characterizations. It also provides a portrait of Britain and the world of ... #38 Smiley's People by John le Carré
Without a doubt, this third novel is the deepest and most moving of the so-called Karla trilogy, while retaining le Carré's complex and exciting plotting and insightful characterizations. It also provides a portrait of Britain and the world of ... ... John le Carré's Karla trilogy, I zipped through the first, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and am now reading the third, Smiley's People. Anyone who wants to read this series should not do what I did and should absolutely definitely start with the first one because the secret that is its ... ... can't tell if I would feel that way if I had read TTSS first.
I will probably go on to read the last of the trilogy, Smiley's People, whick like THS I've had since it came out nearly 30 years ago but have never read. ... can't tell if I would feel that way if I had read TTSS first.
I will probably go on to read the last of the trilogy, Smiley's People, whick like THS I've had since it came out nearly 30 years ago but have never read. ... hnson
The Karla trilogy by John Le Carré, including Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People, particularly the last two
Nonfiction
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman
Only Yesterday: An ... ... message #2, I also think there's been no better adaptation than the BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and it's sequel, Smiley's People. They were just great. My other favorite is A&E's Nero Wolfe series. Timothy Hutton was superb as Archie Goodwin, and I love the style of the productions. ... ... if not I'd be interested in hearing what you didn't like. I liked the book more than the movie.
I've read several of Smiley's other books and this is by far her best, imho. ... is Falling Down
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Vladimir Nabokov, especially Pale Fire.
John le Carre's Smiley novels
Ellis Peters' Cadfael novels
Anthony Trollope, especially The Warden and other Barchester novels
T.S Eliot's Four Quartets
These I can (and have) ... ... Room by Rachel Seiffert 4
42. The Magic Lantern by Timothy Garton Ash 4
41. Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie 4
40. Smiley's People by John le Carre 5
39. The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre 3
38. The Third Miss Symons by F.M. Mayor 3
July
37. Tinker Tailor Soldie ... # 11
I read Blood of Victory by Alan Furst recently, and I was reminded of Smiley's people. Mostly because of the descriptions of the Russian exile community in Paris, but also because the way of telling the story is alike in their focus - bottom-up as you say:-) ... even a word).
The other Smiley novels are more complex, but eminently readable - I prefer Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Smiley's People and The Honorable Schoolboy, but I think it is advisable to read them chronologically. For TV, I think Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy and the sequel Smiley's People were really well done adaptations of John LeCarre's books.
For a movie, I agree that the conversion of the first of the Harry Potter books was exceptionally well done as a film. And except for the third one, ... ... Howard Fast 53 copies
9. The Third World War: August 1985, Gen. Sir John Hackett, et al. 197 copies
10. Smiley's People, John Le Carré 834 copies
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Aunt Erma's Cope Book, Erma Bombeck 140 copies
2. The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet ... 30. Smiley's People by John Le Carre ... series sets are the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell,
the Poldark series by Winston Graham,
the Smiley spy stories of john Le Carre,
the Adam Dagliesh mysteries of P.D. James,
the inspector Applebey stories of Michael Innes= J.I.M.Stewart,
the I ... ... nice edition of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and just finished that so I went on to the next one. I am sure I will read Smiley's People next. I also have going Robert Fitzgerald translation of The Iliad and Grant takes command two others that I picked up at the book sale. Buying used ... ... as being in my library rather than just the picture.
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