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Book Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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Le Carre's spy novels are the best of the genre I've read, and George Smiley is my favorite character. As with many/most/all of Le Carre's books I have read, _Tinker_ is not action-packed in a Tom Clancy sense, concentrating instead on the characters, what they are thinking, and what aches and pains are bothering them. Riding along with Smiley as he pushes along to solution is a thrill.