What books are you into?

[A Cousin]

(20-04-2011 10:18 PM)Naivety Wrote:  I'm reading The Spy Who Came in From the Cold at the moment. I wouldn't have read it if it wasn't for Spooks, but I decided after the line from Towers at the end of the last series that it needed to be read. It's very dark, and I can easily imagine Harry as Leamus, or at least a younger Peter Firth playing the role of Leamus.

Me too, Naivety. Seemed like required reading. Not only for the veiled reference by Towers in 9.8, but also because TPTB have mentioned their attempts to return to a more le Carre-esque feel to the programme, e.g less bombs, more suspense. Although in my minds eye, PF/SHP is George Smiley. Hugh Laurie has been playing Control. Since I started wondering if the character of Alec in 9.8 was a bit of a nod to le Carre/Alec Leamas, Vincent Regan has been playing Leamas in my brain. Alternating back and forth with Russell Crowe who is not an actor I have liked very much recently, but he looks a bit like Vincent Regan and I am more familiar with Crowe's work, so....

Anyway, it's a great read. MR AC is looking forward to reading it too. Spooks has introduced me to so many new things. le Carre is only one of them.