A Murder of Quality

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.