Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 4/28/2011 + 813 more book reviews

Pym is a spya double-agent in facta perfect spy. That is why neither side gets the message. This is purported to be Le Carrés best novel. Me, I was bored to tears. It seems that the great spy also wants to write the great English novel. Instead he writes lettersmostly to his sonand in which he mostly refers to himself merely as Pym, detailing the intricacies of his life with father, whom he refers to as Rick. Father, it seems, is the commensurate con artist and convict cum national hero. Sort of a combination bootleggin Kennedy and Bill Hoggin of John Masters Loss of Eden trilogy. Despite this, I found it to be one gigantic ennui, although the spy portions were entertaining.

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