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A Legacy Of Spies by John Le Carré
Mar. 13th, 2019 11:24 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good.
Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le Carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
John le Carré’s exquisitely plotted spy thriller should be read in conjunction with THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD as it revisits that book through Guillam’s eyes as he’s forced to account for what he did in the name of his country while also dealing with the ‘modern’ security service that cares more for public relations and visible accountability than the national interest.
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good.
Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le Carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
John le Carré’s exquisitely plotted spy thriller should be read in conjunction with THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD as it revisits that book through Guillam’s eyes as he’s forced to account for what he did in the name of his country while also dealing with the ‘modern’ security service that cares more for public relations and visible accountability than the national interest.
