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The Honourable Schoolboy
John le Carre
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ASIN: 0743457919
Release Date: 2002-10-29 |
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John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
In this classic masterwork, le Carré expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.
In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin.
Customer Reviews:
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
This is the second of the 'Karla' books featuring George Smiley. Smiley has found the mole in the circus, and as a consequence, now finds himself heading the department, and has all the problems of rebuilding functionality and morale that this entails.
He also has to try and track down and deal with Karla, to prevent any further problems. As such, he reactivates a part-time agent, and this is where the book gets its title.
A complicated exercise follows, through Asia and elsewhere.
Part of the Karla series.......2007-04-04
le Carre is a great writer who has chosen the espionage genre for his canvas. The Karla series is his highest point. Do your self a favor and read this book.
The Good Guys Don't Win.......2007-03-14
"The Honourable Schoolboy" is the middle book in British spymeister John LeCarre's great Smiley-Karla trilogy. As such, it suffers one of the great problems of middle children everywhere; it's frequently ignored, compared to its two famous, highly-lauded, successfully made into British Broadcasting Company television series bookends, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," and "Smiley's People." The supposed explanation of this oversight: this book's setting, Hong Kong, is too expensive a place to film.
To begin with the book at hand, Jerry Westerby, spy-journalist whom we've met before, is the 'honourable schoolboy' of this title. It also brings back some of our favorite characters in LeCarre's fictional British spy organization, known as "the circus." Smiley, of course, Peter Guillam, Sam Collins, Oliver Lacon, Saul Enderby, Tobey Esterhase, Connie Sachs, and "Doc" Di Salis. Also Tufty Thesiger, who ran the spy shop in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, as it was then. Through no fault of his own, he's been blown by Bill Haydon, the mole, or Russia's spy inside the London organization, whom Smiley exposed in "Tinker." Therefore, Thesiger must leave the colony, and the Brits close up shop there. But Smiley soon gets a sniff of something interesting happening in H.K., and sends Westerby, an Asian specialist, out.
So far, so good, and, as ever, LeCarre's spycraft and wit can't be faulted. He has, once again, given Westerby a father resembling his own, one of his trickster fathers: made a great success in the newspaper business, and then lost every penny: as ever, this material resonates. And the author has certainly come up with one of his complex and gripping plots.
However, some pretty high-brow critics have noticed that as LeCarre wrote more, he got more talky, and the speech of his characters got more mannered. This book, at 532 pages, is certainly a good illustration of that. Rather than opening with one of the author's great setpieces, as so many of his books do, it opens with a discussion of people talking about talking, that is, "there was argument about where the Dolphin case history should really begin," and who was entitled to tell it, and how. Later, LeCarre mentions the 'Belgravia Cockney,'or upper-class imitation of lower class speech, in which it pleases his high-born characters to talk. He further mentions that, "in the old days, when the circus had a natural noncommissioned class, Jerry would have counted on some amiable small talk. No longer." LeCarre's a bit of a snob, you see, and he hates to see his kind of people lose control of the organization's chat. Be that as it may, chat everybody does, and not until literally half-way through this long book, with "Part III, Shaking the Tree,"does the talking actually stop and the action start. It's riveting from there on in, heading straight to another of the author's engrossing setpiece closings, but not everyone will read 260 pages before getting to the action.
Something else that probably impacts the book's popularity is, it's a downer. The secret services of Britain and the United States are shown to be populated almost entirely by self-interested careerists. The book's quite nihilistic, in fact: the bad guys win. Smiley, whom the author quotes as having once said the choices in intelligence work come down to "to be inhuman in defence of our humanity," or "harsh in our defence of compassion," allows himself to become so wrapped up in the Dolphin case that he fails to notice the murky bureaucratic infighting around him. He will pay dearly for his distraction.
Near the end of this book,the most important Chinese characters tells Westerby, the honourable schoolboy, " A political settlement, Mr. Westerby? With your people? I made many political settlements with them. They told me God loved children. Did you ever notice God love an Asian child, Mr. Westerby? They told me God was a 'kwailo,' (a westerner) and his mother had yellow hair. They told me God was a peaceful man, but I read once that there had never been so many civil wars as in the kingdom of Christ." This angry speech is one no lesser writer could pull off, and evidently reflects a lot of its author's own feelings. It foreshadows his post-cold war works, in which he will show himself to have a great concern for 'the brown babies,' as Ingrid Bergman's character so memorably put it in the movie of Agatha Christie's "Orient Express." Never mind, John LeCarre may sometimes take too long to say it, but at least the man's got a lot on his mind.
Starts slow, gets better, but the audio version is not great.......2007-02-24
Read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy before this book or it won't make much sense. Like that book, this one starts out kind of slow and boring, but it gets better. If you want the kind of thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat the whole time, stay away. But if you like something that is pretty plausible and sophisticated, you will like this. But the pace really can drag at times.
For a more entertaining, but still realistic, espionage thriller, try Fesperman's Prisoner of Guantanamo.
I must confess that I didn't think much of the audio version. The reader is not nearly as good as what you find on many audiobooks nowadays.
Smiley's "birth".......2007-01-10
As a big fan of the George Smiley books, I was pleased to read (for the
first time) the first Smiley book. Le Carre is unbeatable as a
compelling story teller. However, having read most of his books
Smiley and non-Smiley), I could see his gradual improvement over
the years (naturally). It's also one of his longest books, agonizing,
funny and heartbreaking.
Certainly I learned a great deal more than I ever knew about the
wars and intrigue in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Hong Kong (pre-China
takeover), and southeast Asia in general. The book is most impressive
since it is based on actual events, and even one actual character, and
describes what the author suffered through while following international
journalists on their highly dangerous and often lethal trials and
tribulations to "get the story". An unforgettable book!
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This three-in-one set of le Carré thrillers about late cold war spycraft has wit, atmosphere, and intelligence to die for. In le Carré's most autobiographical novel, A Perfect Spy, Rick Pym, a con artist Dickens might have invented (except that he's based on le Carré's dad) raises his son, Magnus, to be the perfect gentleman for the spook trade. Magnus writes to explain himself to his son, Tom; le Carré wrote the book to explain his own scalawag dad to himself, and burst into tears when he finished the novel.
In The Russia House, set in 1987, a Soviet dissident physicist drops a secret manuscript to Barley Blair, a boozy loser of a British book publisher, to alert the West that the evil empire is about to collapse of its own absurd weight. Can Western spies trust the dissident? Just how safe is the "safe house" where Barley parleys with his sexy Russian contact, Katya? Where should Barley's loyalty lie, with love or country?
The Secret Pilgrim is almost a short-story collection. (That's why it was broken into three separate audio versions: The Fledgling Spy, The Spy Who Came of Age, and The Spy in His Prime.) Ned, a British spook who Barley troubled in The Russia House, invites le Carré's legendary spy George Smiley to lecture his new class of recruits. Smiley's remarks alternate with Ned's reminiscences of his own covert adventures, from the sublimely ridiculous to the scathingly scary. The new kids have no idea what tortuous moral torments await them, but le Carré gives us an idea.
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Perhaps Best for LeCarre Bores.......2007-08-02
"A New Collection," brings together three novels of Brit John LeCarre's prolific middle period, "A Perfect Spy," "The Russia House," and "The Secret Pilgrim." LeCarre, whose masterworks include "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold," "Smileys People," and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," was, of course, an actual British spy, for five years, under his birth name, David Cornwell. According to internet biographers, he was, in fact, embedded in Soviet territory when he was blown by Kim Philby, most famous post-war British secret service traitor.
When LeCarre published "A Secret Spy" in 1986, much-honored American novelist Philip Roth declared it "the best English novel since the war." It is LeCarre's most personal, autobiographical novel, detailing, as it does, how a con man father much like LeCarre's own, (Richard Thomas Archibald Cornwell), creates a perfect spy and counterspy in his son. Interestingly enough, the book also mentions Philby, and his partners in traitor-hood, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, by name. But I didn't find the novel interesting as a whole. It's more than 500 pages long, and, from the beginning, the story runs along two tracks: one, the childhood-youth of Magnus Pym, that made him what he was, and two, the defensive activities of the secret service once he's blown. Not until page 300, much longer than many non-devoted readers will persist, does it get to the interesting section, his actual life as a spy/counterspy.
"The Russia House," in contrast, stands on its own as a thriller. It's set in 1987, the third year of Russia's attempt to open up --"Glasnost"--and details the efforts of a brilliant Soviet scientist to get information about the weakness of Russia's offensive armaments to the West. To do this, he uses Katya, beautiful Russian editor, and Barley Scott Blair, classy drunken British publisher, providing us with a moving, mature love story as well. The spy story's well-backgrounded, and engrossing: it opens with one of the author's writing trademarks, a good set piece, a Russian trade fair, gives us generous helpings of another of the writer's trademarks, the midnight meetings of the spy managers, the "Whitehall Mandarins;" has a resonant, complex plot, and his usual good dialogue/descriptive writing. It even gives us a happy Hollywood ending: not quite as happy as the actual Hollywood movie based upon it, starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, but Barley does get the girl, her children and uncle, sooner or later.
The third book, "The Secret Pilgrim" is really a loosely jointed compilation of short stories, the memoirs of Ned, who was Barley Blair's controller, as he faces retirement. We learn a bit more about the Russia House story, and about the intense days in "the circus," as LeCarre calls his fictional spy service, as it cleans house of its traitorous counterspies. Some of the short stories are more interesting than others. But, as all are narrated in flashback, and none achieve lift-off due to the book's episodic nature, the book may be a bit bloodless for some. Once again, it's probably best for devoted readers.
More than espionage.......2006-11-13
The three central questions of this trilogy:
1. How do you retain your humanity as your innocence and illusions die?
2. At the end of the day, are you any different or any more right than your enemy?
3. Do the ends justify the means?
See how George Smiley, a titan in the guise of a downtrodden, inconsequential man, learns the answers.
I'll take great trilogies for $1000, Alex..........2006-03-22
Seldom do trilogies work out... for the reader, that is. Most of the time they seem to be some a kind of perverse sandwich, with a bland slice of white bread stuck between the real meat of character and plot (See the Dune Trilogy, for instance).
This is not the case with Le Carre, who deftly uses the Honourable Schoolboy to set us up for the conclusion of Smiley's People. There is no neat linear progression of plot from Tinker Tailor to the denouement, the apprehension of Karla and the triumph, however muted or understated, of George Smiley, but a finely-varied panorama of character, setting, and action, well-paced and well-presented.
Le Carre seems capable of creating fully-realized characters at will, without ever falling into the trap of predictability or homogeneity. His people reveal different facets of their personality from novel to novel. For instance, the Toby Esterhazy of Smiley's People, selling fake Degas bronzes, is a more rounded, more human, but identifiable and convincing extrapolation from the haughtily dismissive Toby of Tinker Tailor.
And such character development takes place within the framework of themes set forth in the first novel, e.g., the stretch between the spy as public servant and as a civilian with very human wants and needs, the gulf between the liberal Smiley who attempts to see the world through the eyes of others - such as when he meets Karla in India - and the fanatical Karla who pays the price for his "lack of moderation", the tension between ideology and personal loyalty - symbolized by the mole's betrayal of his best friend, on the orders of Moscow Centre.
No one is better at creating the milieu of the cold war as a backdrop for the exploration and interplay of personalities.
In short, three great reads.
Le Carre is simply the best !.......1998-12-16
When I make my fantasy list of the best books I've ever read, Le Carre's trilogy about George Smiley is near the top. The author is difficult reading. You have to pour over most paragraphs, so as not to miss each nouance. Smiley is the ultimate father figure in espionage literature. You are comfortable when he is there and figuring things out, but you marvel at the complexity and difficulty of what he has to do, and how he does it. I commend this to anyone who loves rich characterization, and wants a book he or she will come back to again and again.
Outstanding modern fiction.......1998-11-08
I was interested in the espionage story but what I found most compelling were the characters and how much i grew to care about them over time (especially Smiley). The conclusion, that if you choose the methods of your enemy you are no better than your enemy is quite true. I do not like much modern fiction but found these three novels completely compelling, and have read them twice.
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TO, TO CONFUSING!!.......2002-09-24
Hate to be a wet blanket but this one is totally confusing to me. This is the 25th MaBain book I have read. I think I have given all of them a five star except two. This is about 24 hours in the life of the 87th Precinct. There are several cases and several policeman all involved at one time. You read about one case for a page or two, then another one for a page or two, until you go through all of them then you start over again. I like the detectives and I like the 87th Precinct, I did just not like this format. I guess my brain is not large enough to maintain it all and keep it straight. Will continue to read them as not likeing only two out of twenty five is pretty good.
A Great introduction to McBain.......2002-07-18
This was my first 87th precinct novel, and it definitely has me looking forward to more. This actually reads more like an episode of NYPD Blue, than a mystery novel, but it is a solid introduction to a group of characters I was not familiar with. The book is short and flies quickly. It is a 24 hour segment, covering both the night and day shift and 3-4 crimes that the detectives deal with and solve during their shift. If this seems like a cliche at all, realize that this was written before Hill Street Blues, or Homicide, or NYPD Blue so this format is years ahead of that television trend and is before Joseph Wambaugh's similar style. I highly recommend this book. It'll go quick and will have you in search of more McBain books.
Recommended for first time readers of Ed McBain........2001-08-17
After producing 87th Precinct crime novels regularly for fifteen years, Ed McBain issued this one in 1971. He uses a variant on the usual formula. Crimes investigated by most of the sixteen detectives on the Police Squad in one twenty-four hour period are presented. Robbery, prostitution, paedophilia, suicide, drug offences, assassination, murder, missing persons, ghosts - all these things come to the attention of the regular officers that feature in McBain's books. The cross-cutting and the editing techniques now so familiar to viewers of TV police procedural programs are here initiated by McBain.
As usual, McBain displays unerring skill at presenting scenes and characters vividly and economically. Especially realistic is the dialogue.
Readers who wish to be introduced to an Ed McBain crime novel are recommended to start with this one. Shorter than most, but tightly-packed, it provides the reader with quick access to the realism, sleaze and sensation that comprise the McBain formula.
Come Together.......2000-07-25
With this book (first published in 1971), McBain brings the varied crew of the 87th Precinct togther in one story at the same time. This is the format that all later period 87th Precinct books would follow. There are a total of four plots in this one, each investigated by a different detective from the precinct. A murder, a suicide, a jewel heist and a bombing each get their due treatment. This is one of the better entries in the 87th Precinct series and a must read for any McBain fan.
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- A tale of epic porportions.
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Sablewood
Brenna McKaye
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In a world where technology is banned, Garland Ardracon’s comfortable life has drastically changed with her father’s dying words. Now she must learn, as quickly as possible, who she really is, who can be trusted, and who the real players are in a dangerous game of political intrigue. When Cavell Ardracon comes for her, claiming to be a distant relative, she begins a frightening journey that brings her face to face with magic, dragons and dire circumstances that shake her world to its foundations even as a war is about to begin…
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A tale of epic porportions........2001-01-21
SABLEWOOD by Brenna McKaye is a wonderfully written novel of epic porportions. Page by riviting page the charaters practiclly jump of the pages and become almost real. KcKaye has a way with words, explaining and discribing the detail, people and there feelings in such a vivid way that you really feel as if you were part of the story. The reader is so drawn in by McKaye's use of details that you'd almost believe you'd been to the land of Sablewoo, experienced the romance first hand, became intimate with the land's inhabitants and fought side by side the heroes in the efforts to overcome their obsticles. It is my hope the Ms. McKaye will honor her readers with yet another novel of Sablewood and I for one am waiting on the edge of my seat for it's release. (Be sure to buy two copies, one for reading- which will be well worn by the end- and one to save for when you finally meet this talented writer).
Awesome.......2000-11-23
I was completely enthralled by the depth of this masterpiece. This book is a real page-turner and I mean it. I sure hope that Brenna Mckaye writes at least a few more books about the land of Sablewood and the adventures of its inhabitants. I will be waiting....
This one has it all........2000-07-21
Sablewood is a delightful offshoot of the romance genre, incorporating fantasy, and it's rich with character and characters. I think of it almost as a Harry Potter-esque form of the traditional romance novel, and as such, entertaining and strongly written with complexity and depth rarely found in the boilerplate romance species of literature. Congratulations to Brenna McKaye for finding the absolutely right balance between that cleverly imaginative deviation and the age-old story of love. And on top of it, one gets politics and war and humor. A fine piece of writing and hope there's more to come. Tuck yourself in early and enjoy!
A Must Read.......2000-07-07
One of the things I most enjoyed about McKaye's first novel, Sablewood, was the richness and depth of setting. The intense story filled with its wonderfully human characters (who have vices in proportion to virtue) kept me enthralled.
If nothing else, McKaye reminds me a bit of George R.R. Martin in her ability to create a dynamic woman character. And I give her all due homage for not sidestepping the issue of human sexuality but also for keeping it from becoming lewd.
I've put noticible wear and tear on my copy, which is perhaps the greatest praise an author could ask for.
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The Repertory is actually three books in one: 1) a comprehensive overview of flower essence theory and practice; 2) a listing of essences and their qualities arranged by a wide range of categories; and 3) profiles of the 142 English and North American flower essences. The Repertory has received praised from experienced practitioners as well as beginning students of flower essence therapy, as the clearest, more informative guide to flower essence selection and use.
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The ultimate guide of flower essences.......2007-05-13
This book is incredibly useful for it's categories and cross references. You can find almost any symptom you're looking in this big book. You can self-diagnose psychological, physical, emotional, sexual and spiritual issues. Whatever you're going through, this book can help you pinpoint it. Each category goes through several essences, and how each one may or may not apply to you individually.
The last part of the book profiles each essences. They all list the positive qualities each essence is capable of, and the patterns of imbalance they're most likely of clearing. They're all cross referenced to the previous lists, and also makes you are aware of everything else they're capable of treating.
The beginning of the book is an overview of Bach flower therapy, how flower essences are used, and selecting and verifying the properties of each one. This part is informative, but the purpose of the book isn't to go into at length. This book is very comprehensive, but the focus book is on the last two sections. Hence my mentioning them first.
A Beautiful Book For Anyone Interested in Natural Health, Wellness and Personal Development.......2007-02-12
The whole notion of using flower essences not just for treatment, but to support wellness and even aid psychological and spiritual development may seem illogical.
Except that these flower essences work. The few controlled studies are not strong, but against that is a wealth of experience gained by thousands of patients and practitioners on every continent.
By a strange "coincidence" the publication of this book "coincided" with my final immigration into the United States. After nearly twenty years steeped in the use of the original Bach flower essences created in England and Wales, it seemed only right to see what the plants of the New World had provided for our ever-changing species. Much as I loved my Bach remedies, I felt sure that people on this side of the Atlantic might need something more. So I was interested to see what these New World essences had to offer and I bought my first copy of this book within weeks of my arrival.
I was astonished by what I learned and by the extraordinary work that had been done by Patricia Kaminski, Richard Katz and a small group of dedicated helpers. I soon obtained and started using many of these new remedies and I was - and remain - extremely impressed. I have seen some extraordinary results, despite being a big skeptic.
This is a classic textbook, now thirteen years old. It is beautifully produced and I would be hard pressed to come up with any major improvements.
Though the work is in no way dated, it might be nice to see a new edition, perhaps with plant photographs and more cross tables, to help introduce a new generation to these wondrous treatments.
If you have any interest in natural medicine or wellness, or if you are interested in finding out which essences were provided to help the spiritual practices unique to North America, this book should not just be on your bookshelf, but should quickly become dog-eared from use!
Highly recommended.
Terrific book on flower essences.......2006-12-15
I've studied flower essences for over ten years. I am giving this book five stars. For anyone thinking of becoming a flower essence practitioner, this is a ~MUST HAVE~ book. This book would also benefit anyone informally giving flower essences to self, family, friends or animals. The authors work with flowers of northern California, USA (a definite plus), in addition to Bach's. A newer edition is in the works, and I'm waiting on the edge of my seat for it to come out.
BACKGROUND
These days, flower essences include flowers from Canada and USA in North America (Northern California, deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, Florida); Scotland; Australia bush; New Zealand; South Africa; South America; Central America; much more than Bach's first 39. Bach died young in 1936, leaving his work unfinished, and many people in the last 70 years have taken up where he left off, expanding on the number and quality of essences (depending on where on the planet the flowers are indigenous).
Frankly, books on Bach's first 39 flower essences are so ubiquitous that I now avoid them in favor of books covering flower essences from other parts of the world besides England. Plants of England are not the only plants in existence! I am REAL tired of books getting published involving only Bach's original 39 essences. Even though Bach "bumped into" his first 39 essences, Bach's essences are not the holy grail of flower essences! Look further afield than Bach's.
The best one out there.......2006-11-28
I decided to buy a book on flower essences after seeing how much they helped me. I found that, beyond other books on the subject- and there are other good ones- this one was incredibly well written, laid out, informative, you name it. It allowed me, in the absence of a trained flower essence therapist, to make well informed choices as to which essence would most benefit at what time. The cross referencing, much like a thesaurus, helps to narrow down between similar essences. These authors have another tool that I found for free online that compliments this book. That tool lists each essence and a general paragraph of its effect along with a never to always scale for you to determine which essences are core ones for you. Even without that tool, this book lays out how to approach that process. I use it frequently and, like other reviers, expect to for a long time.
well worth it.......2004-07-14
This is a must for anyone using flower essences. I have found this book invaluable in my work with myself, my clients, and my pets. It offers clear concise information and several ways to cross-reference making this an easy book to use as well. I also recommend the flower essence survey to help with formulation. It's like an MMPI without the psychiatrist, and you can do this for yourself.
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Flower Essences researched by Dr. Edward Bach and by the Flower Essence Society. Special Reprint Edition.
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