--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Zeltserman"
<dz@...> wrote:
>
> John Le Carre's amazing "Spy Who Came in from the
Cold" is a good
> example of an espionage novel as noir. The spy in
this one, Alex
> Leamus, ends up paying a dear price for living a
life of cynicism,
> deceit, betrayal, even if he did it in service of
his country. One of
> my favorites.
>
A recent rereading of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy confirmed
Le Carré's greatness to me (I hadn't reread any of his stuff
for years). And yes, it is noir(ish). The build-up in the
first 20 or 25 pages of the book is an amazing job of
writing. It hooked me immediately. Fortunately, I barely
remembered the story. A great read. This rereading was
literally due to a "found in the street" occurrence: the book
was neatly on top of a box of discarded stuff that somebody
hat put out in the street, and when I saw it, I couldn't
resist. Serendipity is nice, far better than "programmed"
reading. Library sales are nice for serendipity.
Best,
mrt
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