I read John le Carré's classic, The spy who came in from the cold while staying at a relative's house in Annapolis (10/5-11/2007). Much of le Carré's newer stuff is post-Cold War and simply doesn't resonate with me, even things that take place in Central America, my old stomping grounds. Having only been in former East Germany twice, this inversion strikes me as strange but perhaps that simply means that le Carré should stick with what he knows and does well (Cold War) and that he should leave the present alone.
This book takes place in le Carré's native element and is a classic. His choice of colors is appropriately dimmed, the reader is marvelously left in the dark and the twists and turns of the story's landscape are expertly driven.
