Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Guerra Fredda in corso (il libro è del 1974), Le Carré toglie al mestiere di spia ogni glamour, ogni martini agitato e non mescolato. E si inventa una serie di termini che sono entrati nella storia del genere: i lampionai, cioè i responsabili della sorveglianza – i cacciatori di testa, ovvero gli incaricati dei lavori sporchi – i calzolai, ossia gli specialisti in documenti falsi. Hoskin, Peter; Mason, Simon (23 October 2010). "Interview – Tomas Alfredson: outside the frame". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011 . Retrieved 23 March 2011.

Prideaux, who is in fact alive and now a schoolmaster, tells Smiley that his Budapest mission was to relay the identity of the mole to Control, via one of the code names assigned by Control to each of the members of the Circus suspected to be the mole—"Tinker", "Tailor", "Soldier", "Poorman" and "Beggarman". He was tortured by the KGB, and saw Irina shot in front of him. The British Secret Service, resembling a corporation that has suffered sagging profits, has reshuffled key players, ousted others, and in the process forced George Smiley into retirement. Smiley, in his twilight years, could have easily decided to take up gardening or researching an interesting point of history, but he has wife problems. Ann has left him, leaving him to cover her missing presence with little lies and subterfuge. Given his past he is quite good at it. He is somewhat surprised to discover how much he misses her given the problems she continues to create for him. He has spent a lifetime controlling his emotions, but she is quite good at making him suffer. Toby Esterhase — He is the head of the Acton lamplighters, the section of the Circus responsible for surveillance and wiretapping. Hungarian by birth, Esterhase is an anglophile with pretensions of being a British gentleman. He was recruited by Smiley as "a starving student in Vienna".

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Il titolo originale si rifa a una filastrocca inglese per bambini: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, sono il Calderaio, il Soldato, il Sarto, il Marinaio, i soprannomi di quattro personaggi del romanzo. Like Philby, [Haydon] betrays his colleagues, his friends, his country, and his class [...] Smiley, on the contrary, lives by loyalty — to his faithless wife, Ann, his subordinates, his colleagues, and his country. In the end, integrity triumphs over corruption. [11] Over the past couple of months, George Smiley has earned the distinction of my favorite spy. Not because he is handsome, sexy, charismatic or daring but rather because he is all too human. He’s the real deal, and no one could write a genuine character like him as well as the master, John le Carré.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 British spy novel set in the Cold War with betrayal as its core theme. It is a slow building story that reads like a detective novel – investigations, interviews, evidence gathering. The story is well-written, compelling, and has a satisfying conclusion. I decided to read it only because it is on Boxall’s 1001 Books to Read and Guardian’s 1000 Books to Read lists. I didn’t think I was a fan of spy novels, but le Carre proved me wrong. Venezia 68: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Tomas Alfredson". labiennale.org. Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011 . Retrieved 27 August 2011. There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing ... There is only one reason for doing something. And that's because you want to." Brevet, Brad (29 August 2011). "Ugh, No 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Until December" . Retrieved 2 September 2011. White, James (8 July 2010). "Cast Confirmed For Tinker, Tailor". Empire . Retrieved 26 September 2011.And what the devil, he demanded of this document are they doing in Immingham?Who ever had a love affair in Immingham, for goodness' sake? Where was Immingham?" Uhlich, Keith (21 January 2020). "Decade-Dance: 10 for '10s". Keith Uhlich . Retrieved 16 June 2020.