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Must have read all his novels at least twice. Amazing writer, he took you into another world where nothing could be trusted. Smiley v Karla was epic.
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Loved his cold war stuff. After the wall came down and his political views became more openly expressed in the books, I thought the quality gradually tailed off (his politics seemed pretty sound, for what it's worth, I just feel he was a lot better at weary cynicism than righteous anger). The final Smiley book, which seemed to have been written just to tie up loose ends, was pretty pointless.
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RIP John Le Carre