The Looking Glass War
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2.9 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
THE FOURTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL
When the Department - faded since the war and busy only with bureaucratic battles - hears rumours of a missile base near the West German border, it seems the perfect opportunity to regain some standing in the Intelligence world. Desperate for glory and determined to outdo their rivals at the Circus, including George Smiley, they send deactivated agent Fred Leiser back into East Germany, armed only with some schoolboy training and his memories of the war. In the land of eloquent silence that is Communist East Germany, Leiser's fate is no longer his own.
Showing men carried away by fear and pride, The Looking Glass War is a powerful, moving story of human frailty.
'A devastating and tragic record of human, not glamour, spies' New York Herald Tribune
'A book of rare and great power' Financial Times
©1965 le Carré Productions (P)2025 Penguin Audio
Customer Reviews
Weakest of the Smiley books
Thank God that’s over. Honestly don’t know how I made it through to the end of that.
Very weak storyline, left me confused as to what the point of the book was.
If I could sum it up it seems to be a story about Government employees arguing with one another. No real relatable characters or plan.
Poor narration
Classic le Carre ruined by charmless narration. Looses its subtly and the sophistication of the writing. Previous audio narrations far better.