After reading Slow Horses I still felt like some grungy down at heel British espionage. And that does not come more down at heel than Le Carre. Nick Harkaway, who pens this novel set in Smiley's world is actually John Le Carre's son, so its to be hoped his b rain is hard wired the same as his father's. As it turns out, there are the ghosts of his father's verbiage in how he writes. Not as in some one doing an impression but with a voice of his own, nuanced accordingly. For all that, it all feels very real and authentic, the way a good spy master would most likely make you feel.
