Currently reading
Roman Blood
Progress:
171/401 pages
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
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208/557 pages
Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
L'espion qui venait du froid.
Not my first Le Carré but one I hadn't read before. The pace is excellent, the double, triple play of spies, counter spies, who is behind who is very good. It's from an era that is now part of history but at the time that it was published it was reality. It hasn't lost any of its powerful narrative. The characters are interesting if a little cold but it's expected in the context of the game they are playing and it is a game. A game, where the pawns are very much alive. A cruel, deadly game that still has echos in our time.
