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Laddar... The Looking Glass War (urspr publ 1965; utgåvan 1969)av John Le Carre
VerkdetaljerSpegelkriget : roman av John le Carré (1965)
   Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Rereading after fifty years this fourth of the Smiley series, I am struck by the quality of Le Carre's writing: the vivid creation of scene and mood, the deft characterization, the subtle manipulation of point of view. The scathing satire exposing the shoddiness of a service addicted to fantasies of past glory captures the Brexit era as accurately as it captures the post-Suez years. (  ) librorumamans | Jan 18, 2021 |  John le Carré isn't for everyone and specifically, he's not for me. He describes a world that is as alien as it's uninteresting and absurd. I don't doubt it's realistic, but realism isn't always what makes an enjoyable reading experience. This is one of only a few books ever that I've decided to not read through. Mostly because I was uncertain whether I should ever start it, but decided to have a go hoping it would be different from the previous Carré book I read. It wasn't. Actually, considering the different setting, it was scarily similar. (  ) bratell | Dec 25, 2020 | I have mixed feelings about this book. You get an inside look at a spy agency but it is one that is on the decline. Older characters still stuck in WWII. The beginning of this novel is a struggle to read. The middle is quite interesting but the ending seems wanting to me. The recruited former spy ends up making rookie mistakes when he finishes his retraining and begins his mission and it ends badly. The story that was going so well did not feel real in the end and that left a bad taste. (  ) Lynxear | Aug 29, 2020 | Poorly planned death trap a dead department's last gasp old men playing spy. ( ) Eggpants | Jun 25, 2020 | Le Carré does a fantastic job of keeping a tension between love, play and game where political aspirations clash with friendships, war games with love and compassion. The final chapters are gripping as cynicism drips off the pages, and falsity, lies and indifference collide with loyalty, fear and frailties. It's a masterful piece which sheds light on the constructs - mirrors - that we build to justify our actions and busy our lives. ( ) Cecilturtle | May 13, 2020 |
The spy part of "The Looking Glass War" is, of course, excellent. It concerns a former military espionage department in London (small, left over from the glorious days of World War II) and its struggle to train one of its former agents for a mission into East Germany. The technical background for the mission is well presented. The action itself, once it finally gets under way, is tense and doomed in a gratifying manner; we are given just the right sort of sketch-portrait of Leiser, the special agent. Moreover, as in "The Spy," we are given a strong sense that all this tension, duplicity and personal betrayal exist within the little world of espionage mostly for their own sake and not very much for the sake of the greater political good they are supposed to serve. Ingår iJohn Le Carre Omnibus (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, The Looking-Glass War & A Small Town in Germany) av John le Carré Three Complete Novels: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold / A Small Town in Germany / The Looking Glass War av John le Carré The spy who came in from the cold; Nightmare '66; The looking-glass war; The growth of Marie-Louise; George Smiley goes home av John le Carré The Spy Who Came In from the Cold / The Looking Glass War / Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy av John LeCarre Har bearbetningen
There is no terror so consistent, so elusive, as that which haunts a spy in a strange country. The world into which Avery had been launched had contributed to a state of constant anxiety. He moved through the crowd like a hunted man in search of rest and food. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. 
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