Author John Le Carré
Title. A Most Wanted Man
John Le Carré’s 2008 espionage novel - to put it into a category - is not so much a spy story than a novel of intrigue, deceit and down-right dishonesty. It engrossed me from beginning to end. It is that good.
I feel unqualified to write about the man and his books, but I will give it a go. He is one ‘helluva’ of a writer. One great storyteller and how he kept track of his characters and the different facets of the story is one to be enjoyed.
He makes his participants real. I can smell them and I am almost able to reach out and touch them. They are a right old mixture this bunch of liars and deceivers that have to be in Hamburg in order to exhibit their skills, power and, of course, persuasion. And with the international mix of Europeans and Eastern members too, some stiff-upper-lipped Brits and throw in some smart sounding names from the USA then more intrigue will follow. And where we would we be in 2008 without adding an Arab or two with their Muslim ideology. Speaking purely they have faith where the others seem to have none and no morals. Le Carré paints this picture so well.
There is humour in his writing for one of the Brits is one Ian Lantern. Well, someone had to light the way! On the other side is something that is awful. After America experienced its first terrorist attack on its own soil it became a player in ‘the war on terror’. The way they went about is where truth, injustice and evil became entangled. It is relevant to this tale.
I never give a plot away and there are some details on the front fly if you would like to know a little more of what can be read. Enjoy every word for I did.
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