★★★★☆ | Spy-Detective | Digital | Borrow | StoryGraph | Goodreads
A long, meandering, indulgent spy novel by an author whose prose is typically tight as a drum. This novel felt intimate and autobiographical, as if Le Carre were explaining the abuses he endured as a child through a novel. It wasn’t what I expected, which is OK. I’m not sure I would consider this one of his best novels. 3.5 stars?