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A Murder of Quality by John le Carré

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kimberwieg's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

barney100's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

bexlrose's review against another edition

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4.0

A great book, more of a murder mystery than a spy novel, and although it has Smiley at its centre, he isn't in the Circus so it doesn't have any of the rest of his team in it which is a little disappointing. Still a ruddy good book though.

adrianjd's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Early Le Carre. Hints of Smiley and his espionage but this book is more of a whodunnit. Compact and with dead ends and false ends. You can very much see how Le Carre developed Smiley from one of his earliest outings in print.

mrbrownsays's review against another edition

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3.0

I really liked the setting and some of the characters. But listening to it on the train didn't really work for me. This deserved a day off, a coffee and a quiet corner somewhere. Will get round to reading the next one.