George Smiley, the cleverest and most self-effacing man in Security, investigates a murder in one of England's leading public schools - a murder that was forecast by the victim.... more
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Advantages: Witty, atmospheric and great plot. Disadvantages: Set in public school.
...War. Miss Ailsa Brimley, a former employee of the same service during World War II, is now Editor of 'The Voice', a religous magazine with a small but faithful body of readers. In her dual role of Agony Aunt at the magazine, sShe receives a letter from a respected subscriber, claiming that her husband is planning to murder her; Miss Brimley does not bin the letter, but talks it over with her old contact, Smiley. The author of the letter, Stella Rode, ... ...public school to come from a grammar school background. As Carne is a highly respectable instution, with a long and worthy history, Smiley is at first disinclined to believe Stella Rode's claim. But by the time he calls Mr Fielding, a schoolmaster who happens to be the brother of a friend of his from his army days, she is already dead. From the start of teh investigation, it emerges that she was not popular with the other masters wives, despite being ...
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Advantages: Good, solid crime fiction Disadvantages: Not along the lines of Le Carre's spy thrillers - may disappoint some
...something along the lines of a spy thriller such as 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' or 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold', then this book may not be for you. This book, although still involving George Smiley, is much more of a murder mystery. I've seen other reviews likening it to Agatha Christie - unfair, I think, because Le Carre's own style is unmistakeable - but it is certainly of that genre. If you like well-written crime fiction, however, you ... ...Ailsa Brimley, the editoress of a religious magazine, receives a letter from a reader, Stella Rode, claiming that her husband is planning to kill her. Ms Brimley seeks help from an old wartime colleague, George Smiley. He realises that Mr Rode, a teacher at Carne School in Dorset, is a colleague of Fielding, the brother of another wartime colleague. He calls Fielding to ask for advice, only to find out that Stella Rode has already been murdered.
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George Smiley, the cleverest and most self-effacing man in Security, investigates a murder in one of England's leading public schools - a murder that was forecast by the victim. This tape is read by the author.
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