A Perfect Spy: A Novel

J. Greenberg said You will not forget Magnus Pym. Not much to add to the well-deserved praise this novel has received. I've ready many of LeCarré's novels but always skipped by this one. I took the plunge and it was well worth the trouble. I hesitated because the book has a formidable reputation. I can tell you that it is deserved. This is a long, difficult book that rewards patience and trust on the part of the reader. You will be lost at times -- unsure if you are in the past or present, young or old, Pym or his father Ricky. And that's how Pym lives his life -- he's as unstuck as Vonnegut's Billy P. Ken Brosky said Challenging but worth it. 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 t. "The "facts" about Czechoslovakia are ridiculous (at least for Czechs)" according to Mr. Spacek Michal. Is this really the best British novel after 19The "facts" about Czechoslovakia are ridiculous (at least for Czechs) Mr. Spacek Michal Is this really the best British novel after 1945? For me, it was little bit boring, with quite a good start (something happened, but you do not know what) but then going worse. Especially I have problem to believe into main plot - friendship between British and Czech secret agent. As I am Czech, the things about Czechoslovakia were especially ridiculous for me. They are no lime trees and cicadas in Czech or Slovak Republics (our climate is similar to Bavaria or Austria), no mountains "north of Pilsen" and you will not see from Church of Týnský c. 5? For me, it was little bit boring, with quite a good start (something happened, but you do not know what) but then going worse. Especially I have problem to believe into main plot - friendship between British and Czech secret agent. As I am Czech, the things about Czechoslovakia were especially ridiculous for me. They are no lime trees and cicadas in Czech or Slovak Republics (our climate is similar to Bavaria or Austria), no mountains "north of Pilsen" and you will not see from Church of Týnský c

. The proof is his disappearance, coincidental with data gushing from CIA computers and sent by U.S. 350,000 first printing; BOMC main selection. agents to their opposite numbers in London. Now Jack Brotherhood, the spy's mentor in the honorable organization, sadly agrees with colleagues that Pym is guilty. The writer is holed-up in a remote country cottage where he tries to explain his crimes to the boy before pursuers find him. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. As the lives of everyone involved in this netherworld of espionage become tragically immediate to the reader, Le Carre again masterfully chronicles

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Our Kind of Traitor; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. John le Carré’s new novel, A Legacy of Spies, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017. Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend—and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father’s death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus?   In A Perfect Spy, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a movin