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# A Perfect Spy: A Novel

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    Challenging ... but worth it
  

*by K***Y on Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017*

This was my first John Le Carre novel. I had some trepidations going in, and so I consulted a wide swath of Le Carre fan sites to figure out how to jump in (read: I Googled a bunch of stuff, but with a keen eye). From what I could find A Perfect Spy seemed pretty high up on everyone's list and received strong accolades from various individuals who had dived into the Le Carre literature at the same place.I can tell you, the writing style is ... jarring. Since it shifts perspective, the reader follows behind the lens of one of the following:The main character in the present.The main character's recollection of the past.The main character's spy boss.The main character's wife.I think that's it, from what I remember. Now, here's where it can get a little confusing: sometimes, the main character, Magnus Pym, uses the third person to discuss his past. Sometimes, he uses first-person. It could get incredibly disorienting as a reader--if this doesn't bother you, then skip to the next paragraph. But for me, it constantly interrupted the flow of the book and drove me absolutely batty. We all carry in our own baggage, so this might not bother everyone. Fair warning, though.Beyond that, the book is an absolute masterpiece. If you've ever craved a spy novel that fleshes out the entire back-story of a master spy, then this is perfect. The characters are flawed. They have motivations. They have traumas. They have purpose--both thematically and in the story itself. And through it all, Le Carre guides the reader through the life of Magnus Pym. You can actually see how he becomes the man who exists in the present-day chapters. It's a blast. It lets you empathize with him and at the same time question his judgment.That kind of challenge is exactly what I crave from fiction. I want to understand the character and empathize with them. I want them to challenge me and frustrate me and occasionally please me. Magnus Pym does all of this, and in writing his "explanation" to his son he lets us see the world he grew up in, and a father who both loved him and disadvantage him.

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    A Semi-Autobiographal Reflection of Family Curses
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2019*

Schedule some psychological therapy soon after you read this unusual installment of Le Carre's many works.Enjoyable to read, it was obviously even more enjoyable for the author to write. Filled with interesting and vivid descriptions, along with engaging dialogue, the storyline follows a convoluted path reminiscent of Slaughterhouse Five, amid the human conflicts of an Elmer Gantry.The author's Year 2000 introduction provides essential insights and contexts needed for the reading experience and interpretation. Where many books used people to tell the story, in this book, the people are the story.Read carefully to get it all; otherwise, critical information might get missed. A long, but worthwhile read, motivating much personal introspection. There are many underlying themes often contrasting and conflicting with each other, thickening the storyline, and shaping the ending.Much of the ambiguity of the author's own troubled youth and emergent adulthood seem well reflected in this cathartic outpouring, while also suggesting the similar unstable backgrounds of those who become involved with spycraft.In many ways, this novel expresses more honesty and completely a more serious and believable presentation of the story advocated by Graham Greene's "Our Man in Havana" in a more tragic and expanded form.The Audible narration served well to emphasize many critical elements of the story possibly missed with a casual or hasty read.This volume is an essential part a minimal Le Carre review or collection.

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    Daddy Issues on Parade
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2018*

While I normally enjoy Le Carré's work, this was the exception. For over 600 pages, the reader is subjected to droning scenes more appropriate to a psychoanalyst's couch than to a spy novel.Anyone who has read Le Carré's foreword or bios will know he has no love for his father.In this novel, he apparently decided to make a buck off of a catharsis. The readers should be compensated for being ad hoc therapists.The characters are cliché and, by the time you get to the end, you are glad of the outcome, if for no other reason than it can serve as a little payback for the text's monotony and whining tone.Surely there had to be a better venue for Le Carré to resolve his "daddy issues" - one that didn't drag the unsuspecting reader into a morass of self-pity and paternal loathing.

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