I've been a compulsive reader, writer and theatre goer all my life. My book blog is here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/ Mostly food at the moment but also knitting is here: http://cathyingeneva.wordpress.com/
I hesitate about putting this on my better-written-than-Harry-Potter shelf. It is and it isn't.
Poor le Carre. He needed a new day job after the Cold War made his old one irrelevant. The stuff he's churned out since is hopeless. He doesn't have a clue how to understand anybody except Cold War spies.
I bought this for 3 francs and I read about that much worth of it. Moving on now.