The Secret Pilgrim (BBC Full Cast Radio Drama)(George Smiley series) (BBC Radio Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602838658 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He illuminates the brave past of George Smiley, his hero and mentor, who gives back to him the dangerous edge of memory that empowers him finally to frame the questions that have haunted him for thirty years. Now, approaching the end of his career, he is forced to revisit his secret years. The Secret Pilgrim is Ned, a decent, loyal soldier of the Cold War, who has been in British Intelligence all his adult life. The Berlin Wall is toppled and the Iron Curtain has swept aside
Lucidly and elegantly controlled.”—The New York Times Book Review “Scorching fascinating seductive a dazzler.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful a highly absorbing tale.”—Newsday “Extraordinary.”—USA Today. “Intriguing magisterial The many ingredients are skillfully marshaled
GREGORY said A masterful example of the author's craft, with important background and insights into the whole George Smiley series of stories. This is clearly one of the best of this great author's books, and I have loved a number of them. It adds depth and background to so many of the other books. And, in some ways, I am glad that I read the book now rather than when it came out. The protagonist, Ned, is at. A great final act The final Smiley book but as told through the thoughts and experience of Ned, coming to terms with his own demons. It captures the clever twists of many of Le Carre's other stories but as short stories, each enjoyable to read in themselves but totaling up to something. "A cracking good read!" according to Robert Keith Murray. The book if comprised of a series of short stories that are tied together to create a narrative of the career of the Secret Pilgrim and in part that of George Smiley.The individual stories are brilliantly bound together and introduced by an address given by Smiley to
He started writing novels in 1961, and since then has published twenty-one titles.. John le Carré was a member of the British Foreign Service from 1959 to 1964