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Indlæser... Dame konge es spion (1974)af John le Carré
  
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 10 of the Greatest Cold War Spy Novels “Like Fleming, Le Carré (real name: David John Moore Cornwall) worked for British intelligence. But where Fleming used his WW 2 experiences as a springboard for fantasy, Le Carre turned his Cold War service into grimly realistic novels. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1963) trumped Deighton as a response to James Bond’s glamourous world of espionage, and he continues to turn out fine work to this day. Tinker charts the search for a Soviet mole in the upper echelons of British intelligence, providing Le Carré’s signature character – the low-key professional George Smiley – with a late-in-the-game chance to reclaim his standing in the Circus (MI6), made bittersweet by betrayal. A fine BBC serialization in 1974 was followed by an equally well-received feature-film version in 2011.” Karla is finally lured across a Berlin bridge and into the West. But, again, what figure is cut by the evil mastermind when he appears? “He wore a grimy shirt and a black tie: he looked like a poor man going to the funeral of a friend.” Le Carré has never written a better sentence, one so impatient of ideology and so attentive to what he, following W. H. Auden, describes plainly as “the human situation.” The television series of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” has lost none of its grip, and the new film will recruit new friends to the cause; but if we seek George Smiley and his people, with their full complement of terrors, illusions, and shames, we should follow the example of the ever-retiring Smiley, and go back to our books. That’s the truth The power of the novel is that le Carré transfigured espionage – its techniques, failures and deceptions – into a rich metaphor combining national decay, the disintegration of certainties with advancing age, the impossibility of knowing another human being's mind, the fragility of all trust and loyalty. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is fluently written; it is full of vivid character sketches of secret agents and bureaucrats from all levels of British society , and the dialogue catches their voices well. The social and physical details of English life and the day to day activities of the intelligence service at home and abroad are convincing. Unlike many writers Le Carré is at his best showing men hard at work; he is fascinated by the office politics of the agency since the war. HæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Agenten Smiley bliver sat på en hemmelig opgave; han skal finde frem til en lækage i det britiske efterretningsvæsen, som længe har undergravet organisationen. No library descriptions found. |
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Vi er i England 30 år efter afslutningen på anden verdenskrig.
En ny lærer James Prideaux (alias Jim Ellis) dukker op på privatskolen Thurswood med et sjovt hul i sit cv.
George Smiley er egentlig gået på pension, men bliver halet tilbage af Peter Guillam, da denne via Ricky Tarr får nys om at Moscow Center har plantet en muldvarp i London Circus. Smileys kone Ann har forladt ham, men han forsyner hende stadig med penge og vil egentlig gerne have hende tilbage. Smiley kører helt under radaren, mens han forsøger at finde ud af hvem der er skurken blandt de fire øverste i efterretningstjenesten.
Inden han døde, havde "Kontrollen" også kig på dette og han havde indskrænket feltet af mulige forrædere til fem og givet dem kodenavne "Knægt" - Toby Esterhase, "Dame" - Percy Alleline, "Konge" - Bill Haydon, "Es" - Roy Bland, "Joker" - George Smiley.
Bogen er tredelt. Første del er optakt, anden del er jagt, tredje del fangst.
Bogen er den første i Karla-trilogien ("Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "The Honourable Schoolboy", "Smiley's People").
Smiley opsøger Connie Sachs, der er blevet fyret fra tjenesten, gået i druk, men alligevel har en fabelagtig hukommelse, fx om en Aleksey Aleksandrovich. Smiley snuser i papirer, som Guillam henter ud fra arkiverne og kan se mønstre i hvornår deres superkilde "Trolddom" leverer aktuelt materiale og hvornår russeren er i landet.
Hvad der skete, da Jim Prideaux/Ellis blev skudt er også interessant. Smiley opsøger den, der havde vagten den aften og får historien direkte fra ham.
Efterhånden får Lacon og Smiley materiale nok til at stille en fælde for muldvarpen "Gerald" og hans føringsofficer Polyakov. Smiley bliver overrasket da "Gerald" viser sig at være Bill Haydon. Haydon bliver arresteret og overgivet til inkvisitorerne på Sarratt. Inden han kan blive udvekslet med russerne bliver han dog dræbt. Ingen bliver stillet til ansvar, men utvivlsomt er det Jim Prideaux, der har dræbt den mand, der forrådte ham.
Som en krølle på historien, har Karla en lighter som han har nappet fra Smiley. Smiley havde fået den af Ann og Karla satte Bill Haydon til at "stille op i køen" blandt Anns elskere for at gøre Smiley usikker. Det er rimeligt udspekuleret.
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