tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post6369134141000797045..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: John le Carré’s The Looking Glass Wardfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-85892069015589525062016-08-21T18:39:29.614-07:002016-08-21T18:39:29.614-07:00This was the Le Carre book I enjoyed reading the l...This was the Le Carre book I enjoyed reading the least, yet I would still recommend it to anyone to read. It is written so well and is so sad, and it makes you think. I really enjoyed your review.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-60160725615510026882016-08-09T19:27:48.307-07:002016-08-09T19:27:48.307-07:00"Leclerc and his minions, especially Haldane,..."Leclerc and his minions, especially Haldane, are great characters. They’re ridiculous and pompous and totally out of their depth but somehow you can’t help feeling a certain sympathy for them. "<br /><br />Christopher Hitchens's father said: "the war of 1939 to 1945 had been 'the only time when I really felt I knew what I was doing.'<br />"This, as I was made to appreciate while growing up myself, had actually been the testament of a British generation."<br /><br />The problem was the after-effects of their inability to adapt to the world as it was after the war and their inability to let anyone else adapt.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com