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Best Selling Bore

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre

June 15, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I don’t have good luck with standard best sellers or literary fiction. I decided to try Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy because the premise sounded interesting and I hear the author do a radio interview for the latest installment in the series not too long ago. My first reaction to this novel was: “How could something this boring have possibly been a best-seller?” George Smiley spends a lot of time thinking about the past, doing paperwork, and talking to random acquaintances. He used to work for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: best seller, british spy, george smiley, john lecarre, thriller, tinker tailor soldier spy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: best seller, british spy, george smiley, john lecarre, thriller, tinker tailor soldier spy ·
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A spy, a Scottish detective, and a gender-less narrator walk into a book

October 27, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 3/5 Stars Sometimes when I have seen the movie version of a book first, I run out the same day and find a copy of the book. Sometimes I even go read books for movies coming out even if I have no desire to see the movie, just in case I ACCIDENTALLY see the movie. I am not saying it’s sane; it’s just what I do. With this one, I saw the movie a few years back and I think I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Jeanette Winterson, john le carré, Kate Atkinson, tinker tailor soldier spy, when will there be good news, written on the body

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:434 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jeanette Winterson, john le carré, Kate Atkinson, tinker tailor soldier spy, when will there be good news, written on the body ·
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I’m not going to lie to you. I mostly only read this because Eggs Benedict Cucumberbatch is in the movie.

July 23, 2014 by narfna 7 Comments

Okay, so, previous statement about not lying may be slightly a lie. I originally bought this book in 2011 right before the movie came out. I don’t think Eggs Benedict was even on the menu at that point in my life. (I think I watched Sherlock for the first time later that year when it ran on PBS?) Anyway, I mostly bought it because I’d really enjoyed The Constant Gardener (and by really enjoyed I mean I FUCKING LOVED IT–that book slays me), and had also […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: British, espionage, Fiction, john le carré, narfna, tinker tailor soldier spy

narfna's CBR6 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: British, espionage, Fiction, john le carré, narfna, tinker tailor soldier spy ·
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