anti_formalist12 's review for:

The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
5.0

I read this after finishing The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. In the foreword to that book, Le Carre said that he tried to wright a more realistic book, and people liked it less. It's a more depressing book than The Spy Who Came In, largely because nothing feels all that important here. The characters here feel sad, and largely pathetic in their own self-importance. And when they realize how useless they are, it's a crushing moment.