The Constant Gardener

[Cyrus]

Yep. You got it:

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[George Smiley] constantly agonized over his loyalties but in the end he rationalized the way of the West was better.

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Beware of dead certainty.

[nicky g]

Let me say that I've never read a Robert Ludlum novel the whole way through.

As I said I'm sure LeCarre is much more sophsticated than anything else, and am sure it stays with people longer than most (although honestly TTSS hasn't stayed with me; probably because even while I was reading it I doidn't have much of a sense of who anyone except Smiley was). Butg I just can't read the things. Mainly it's just the writing I don't like. I like clear prose, and find that Le Carre's is more like looking at things through the bottom of a wine bottle than a window pane. And I think they could be just a leeetle bit more glamourous/gadgety/violent/ whatever. They're a bit like watching a chess match from a distance. One day soon I will try again though.