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9 out of 10
Smiley reconstructing an old file in a rented room beats any car chase ever filmed. The real subject is institutional decline and the spying is only how it gets delivered. Fifty pages of tradecraft vocabulary, and then you simply have it.
by@theodore_pWritten 27 August 2026Read 25 August 2026
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