A Murder of Quality
Ratings24
Average rating3.4
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Ratings24
Average rating3.4
Le Carre's second book and the only one that is a standard mystery set in a public school, rather than a story of espionage. George Smiley is again the main character.
Series
9 primary booksGeorge Smiley is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by John le Carré.
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Enjoyed this one better than the first. I really liked the resolution of the mystery.
This is Smiley as amateur sleuth rather than as a spy master.
It feels far more dated in style than something like The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, which was written only shortly afterwards.
John le Carre's second novel, which also features George Smiley. Not as good as his first novel, “Call for the Dead”, as it lacks the black humour as the first, and also nothing to do with espionage, which is what le Carre/George Smiley are associated with. Smiley is asked by a friend and an ex-colleague to investigate a murder at a public school, in which we learn about the snobbery of the British public school system, and a little of Smiley's failed marriage and his connections in the Secret Service. Plot wise, it builds up, then falls flat at the end, by which time I didn't care about who murdered who, though le Carre admits this book wasn't his best. Looking forward to reading “The Spy who came in from the Cold”, which made his name.
