Ipcress File was by my preferred spy author, Len Deighton... or is that what you were saying?Le Carre sucks and is a lib. The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold largely sucked.
The best of the bunch was Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in the Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin.
I read a few of his novels years ago. Boy, did I struggle with them. I’ve never returned since. From what I’ve heard of his political beliefs, I never will return to his books.
Fixed it for you.
I wonder what he thinks of Eric Ambler.
Le Carre, one can assume, was a closet Trotskyite. He hated the Stalinists, but loved the elements of social coercian found in the Soviet system.
Ipcress File was by my preferred spy author, Len Deighton... or is that what you were saying?Those were based on novels by Len Deighton. I liked Le Carre's early stuff, but the last ten years he's revealed himself as a fanatic ultra leftie.