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jarrigy 's review for:
The Night Manager
by John le Carré
Probably Le Carré’s most conventionally paced novel for some years at the time of its publication, eschewing his tendency for quite lengthy chapters and divergences.
Still, no getting around that his razor-sharp ability to generate suspense and tension within his sociopolitical critique has devolved into hollow proselytising, which I’d be prone to forgive and label this a perfectly adequate potboiler with some engaging side characters.
Sadly that becomes much harder to forgive due to his catastrophically misguided decision to try and write in Carribean Creole with all the grace of a drunken racist uncle, not to mention inevitable comparisons I found myself making to the superior TV adaptation with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. Best watch that instead.
Still, no getting around that his razor-sharp ability to generate suspense and tension within his sociopolitical critique has devolved into hollow proselytising, which I’d be prone to forgive and label this a perfectly adequate potboiler with some engaging side characters.
Sadly that becomes much harder to forgive due to his catastrophically misguided decision to try and write in Carribean Creole with all the grace of a drunken racist uncle, not to mention inevitable comparisons I found myself making to the superior TV adaptation with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. Best watch that instead.