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Prompt: John le Carré

I read this one two years ago in print; but decided I needed a refresher before I head into, ‘The Secret Pilgrim‘.

Ned, who is the desk guy handling the inquiry as to the credibility of information received from the USSR, is really a background or secondary character in this story. But his is the voice of the *next* book— so I‘m paying more attention to him this time around!

My buy-in to le Carré‘s world is always complete so while others might consider this a lesser novel of his, I‘m giving it an admittedly biased 5-Star rating!

Written in 1989 before the Iron Curtain fell, le Carré‘s acuity and sensitivity to thawing Cold War tensions is remarkably prescient.

Also, I raised an eyebrow at the placement of Mr. Connery‘s hand upon Ms Pfeiffer‘s person ✋??

Tons of stuff in my reading queue, but this battered old 1990 mass paperback calls to me today! 🙂

I‘m back from my trip! I didn‘t go to #Russia but it felt like it because of phone issues. So no map and no pictures, and worst of all no Litsy. 😕 Nonetheless it was nice to get away, and now it‘s nice to be home with phone issues resolved.
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My book haul from our local library used book sale!

This is all I could think of for #backintheussr and I read it so long ago that I hardly remember anything about it except that I liked it. Also, the lovely Michelle Pfeiffer is in the movie. #rockinmay