tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post7578680226965491664..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: The postwar establishmentJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-66503260279872368412007-01-18T14:23:00.000-05:002007-01-18T14:23:00.000-05:00A wonderful review; thanks for the pointer. For m...A wonderful review; thanks for the pointer. For my part I think The Honorable Schoolboy does maintain a great deal of the magic of Tinker, Tailor, and I would date le Carre's downhill slide after The Little Drummer Girl as well. As an aside, I think the mini-series Tinker, Tailor suffered from only one drawback: Alec Guiness was too charismatic an actor, incapable of being the outwardly shy George Smiley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-25211124810496806642007-01-17T20:56:00.000-05:002007-01-17T20:56:00.000-05:00I wish I had more to say about spy novels than I d...I wish I had more to say about spy novels than I do about procrastination... <br /><br />But I'm just popping in to say,yes, it WAS such fun to meet & yes, I do hope to repeat it.<br /><br />Fondly, AnneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.com