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Aug 23, 2012rab1953 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I found this one a bit disappointing. It's got all the le Carre touches, in a very contemporary setting, but somehow it just didn't click for me. I'm not sure if it's just me or something in the book. The style is distant and very cool. It's slow-moving as le Carre often is. The characters are complex, and not always convincing. The story line didn't hook me in, and I was tired of it before I was half way through. The ending comes with le Carre's usual crash (not to give anything away). Nothing new here for le Carre except the contemporary setting, and even run-of-the-mill le Carre is not bad, but perhaps I just wanted more.