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The Honourable Schoolboy | 
 enlarge | Author: John Le Carré
Publisher: Sceptre
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 6029
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0340937629
EAN: 9780340937624
ASIN: 0340937629
Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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 Honourable Schoolboy September 22, 2008
CN (UK)
Exciting, complex and fast paced novel. Read it again recently, third time over the years and it has worn very well indeed.
Le Carre is the master in my h.o.
The honourable schoolboy - John Le Carré September 5, 2008
David Lazzari (Jerrabomberra NSW)
THS forms number 2 in the Smiley / Karla trilogy - although as any Le Carré reader knows some characters pop up in other stories.
For me this novel is the pinnacle of Le Carré's writing. It's brilliantly constructed. It's undoubtedly a densely packed novel - one friend couldn't manage to read it "because there were too many words". I found and still find it to be a brilliant story, incredibly well written. I've re-read it several times and my current copy, bought sometime in the late 70s, is falling apart through over-use. One reviewer, whose comments are on my copy, states that in his opinion, THS was one of the finest English novels of the 70s. I've always agreed with this. Of the three Smiley/ Karla books THS has been my favourite since I first read it. Many words there may be but how they're put together makes this one of the best novels written in English. For James Bond spy fiction this is not for you. For those who appreciate brilliant writing then enjoy it.
 A Masterful Story November 30, 2006
J. E. Parry (Pontypool, Wales)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the second of Le Carre's Smiley trilogy. Following the Secret Services uncovering of a Russian mole Smiley is put in charge to rebuild the battered and demoralised service.
We follow the exploits of Gerald Westerbury as he sets out to uncover the destination of $500,000 of funds transferred to a trust account in Hong Kong by the Russians. Jerry has to discover what this money is for.
There is cross and double cross by the main protaginists as there are several stories running in tandem. As Smiley plots he is under pressure from the Americans and the machinations of his own political masters. Does anyone know what is happening or who is planning what?
What is Drake Ho, the Chinese industrialist, up to? Who is Liese Worth? Did Ricardo, a drug running CIA pilot, die in Laos? What is the role of drake's dead brother in everything?
In typical Carre fashion the story is told in the third person, as though reminising after the fact. We are led through the events after they happened. We know that something major is waiting but not what exactly.
The hero of the piece is Westerbury. He is the old school spy, sent in as a journalist and left to run with little support. We see the efforts of a demoralised agency trying to rebuild and inject a new pride.
Another great story from the master of Cold War spying.
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