A review by rpnelson
Single & Single by John le Carré

3.0

This is lesser le Carré, entertaining enough, but if you're longing for the depth of a "Tinker, Tailor", you won't find it here. This is action movie le Carré, skipping around in time and space, constantly in motion, to keep you from noticing that there's no there there. Well, maybe a bit. If you know the author's history, then the father/son relationship in this novel takes on an extra dimension, but the insights about character that push le Carré above the typical genre writer don't appear in these pages. Approach it as an airport novel and you won't be disappointed.