What books are you into?

[A Cousin]

(04-10-2010 09:25 AM)Obsession Wrote:  I've heard that its good to read John Le Carre's novels in a particular order. Anyone have an idea of which book I should read first?

None at all! But I'm starting with The Spy Who Came in From The Cold. Seems appropriate what with the mentions in the DVD extras of Spooks getting back closer to a le Carre-esque style, Tower's last line in 9.8 and the possible red-herring of "Berlin Corners" by the writers. Gotta do something to feed the beast!

I'm loving it so far. Its the description of the peripheral characters that is really tickling me right now, such as the one I came across this morning: "The passport officer was a youngish little man with an Intelligence Corp tie and some mysterious badge in his lapel. He had a ginger mustache and a North Country accent which was his life's enemy." My theory is that the world built around the main characters is as important as the main characters. It doesn't take much. Two sentences and you know who this guy is.