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The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
4.0

If the Brexit vote were a novel....

The Looking Glass War is bleak as watered down rationed orange juice (a luxury starter), and as brutal as the concrete slabs of 60s architecture that still tear at the skyline.

A perfect portrait of post war Britain: deeply divided by class, bereft of optimism and ability, and clinging to the vainglorious past. Honestly, the Cold War has nothing on interagency territorial disputes.