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Eh, he never wrote anything that ungripping, the first two Smiley books are just old fashioned and a bit twee. Somehow, between them and the third one he switched up to redefining the genre, rave reviews, a recommendation from Graham Greene on the cover and so on. For all I know he spent a year reading Graham Greene, because there are some similarities.
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I’ve got the first 4 ready to go. I have a habit of sticking with a terrible book when I know I should give up.
Like the book I’m 91% through called Butter. I only read to fall asleep, but this book makes me want to lay awake, it’s so bad. Literally nothing happens. Cannot wait for it to be over.