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A review by archytas
A Delicate Truth by John le Carré
4.0
I tore through this in less than 24 hours - it's definitely a return to the tense, engrossing spy fiction of le Carre's classic era. It started a little slow, but by the end of the first chapter I was hooked.
Le Carre hasn't lost the burning anger that have both elevated and dominated his last couple of books, but A Delicate Truth puts its politics clearly behind it's plot. And in place of passion, we have a certain world-weariness, as the intelligence services come across as more inept and uncaring than deliberately destructive, and the villains as parasites, not corporate despots.
The most enjoyable parts of the book to me was the finely drawn characters, as always, the older bufuddled British public servant, as le Carre once again celebrates the naive-yet-goodhearted archetype he draws so well.
Perfect holiday reading, but unlikely to linger.
Le Carre hasn't lost the burning anger that have both elevated and dominated his last couple of books, but A Delicate Truth puts its politics clearly behind it's plot. And in place of passion, we have a certain world-weariness, as the intelligence services come across as more inept and uncaring than deliberately destructive, and the villains as parasites, not corporate despots.
The most enjoyable parts of the book to me was the finely drawn characters, as always, the older bufuddled British public servant, as le Carre once again celebrates the naive-yet-goodhearted archetype he draws so well.
Perfect holiday reading, but unlikely to linger.