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It is a testament to john le carres skill as a writer that tinker, tailor, soldier, spy is a pageturner despite the fact that it contains so little action. The heartstopping tale of intrigue that launched both novelist and spy, call for the dead is an essential introduction to le carres chillingly amoral universe. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spys mi6 officers exist in a world replete with such in house lingo that was coined by the author himself. A very good book one small name to the head of the front endpaper, firm and square binding in clean black boards.
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