A Small Town in Germany (Paperback) by John le Carre

from librisissimo

Substance: Suspense in post-WW2 Bonn, digging up old secrets, artful misdirection. Anything more would spoil things for the next reader. Style: A bit terse for my taste.

from maneekuhi

A supposed "classic" written in '70, pre Tinker Tailor. Same old LeCarre bs: US is a Goliath, evil, stupid but massive. Brit embassy in capital city Bonn. Low level embassy guy disappears. Alan Turner comes from London to investigate. Interview, interview, interview.Intigue, duplicity, convoluted...

from br77rino

An odd spy tale in Bonn, Germany, that revolves around a character who is spoken of but never revealed. Most of the action takes place in the British embassy in Bonn.

from wordsampersand

Not one of le Carre's classics, really, but still fantastic. A Cold War ghost story, in a way, follows an incredibly unlikable protagonist as he searches for a diplomat who may have turned traitor. le Carre is, as always, a master when it comes to dialogue

from gmmartz

Early Le Carre is still great Le Carre. As with most of his work, if you can make it through the long set-up and make sense of the British-ism embedded in the writing, you'll be rewarded with a fine novel. The 'small town' referenced in the title is Bonn, (West) Germany in the late 60's during th...