oldschoolways 's review for:

A Perfect Spy by John le Carré
5.0

While I really really liked this, I certainly wouldn't recommend it to everyone. But it reminds me of The Long Goodbye in a way, in that it's a great genre author writing their most personal, least genre-focused novel. (Full disclosure: I haven't read all of Chandler or of Le Carre). It wasn't perfect by any means, some sections of it didn't work as well as the rest, but the overall momentum and characters were excellent. And the pacing was expert.