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“It is full of the most wonderful writing about the soul, the love of family and the love of country, and about what betrayal is and how it endures, and whether you can ever really escape history.” Read more...
Alex Preston, Novelist
“I find it really interesting that such a big book by a bestselling author is so strange and slippery and evasive in the way it tells itself. I think it’s fascinating, although I haven’t read enough le Carré to say it’s definitively his best. There’s an outrageous quote on my edition from Philip Roth, who says “it’s the best English novel since the war.” I can’t go that far, but I do absolutely love it.” Read more...
Chris Power, Novelist
