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jon288 's review for:
The Night Manager
by John le Carré
Compelling, and well read by the narrator (excellent upper class posh British accents). Some bits were a bit slow but it all came together really well, even though the ending was a bit weak. Much more interested in the personality and motivations of the protagonist than the wider plot, but that moved along quite nicely too. An interesting contrast to Bond, where this had much more realistic spying. From a goodreads review: "spying: an activity which is, according to LeCarre, bureaucratic, tedious, dangerous, unrewarding, and lonely - much like being a police officer minus any of the redeeming aspects. One of the most interesting questions about a spy is: why on earth do they do it? For LeCarre's characters, becoming a spy is less an act of heroism than one of self-abnegation, penance, or revenge"