[Perdogg]

John Le Carré wrote nothing but rubbish.

[Perdogg]

James Bond was not a spy. I am sick and tired of people calling Bond a spy. John Le Carré was too dumb to understand Fleming anyway.

Kingsley Amis explaned it all.

[padre35]

Have to agree, not a Lecarre’ fan, I liked Ludlum’s “Matarese” series, but he fell apart later in his career.

Liked Flemming’s work, he thought more like a soldier than an academic, Bond pulling on a L&M would never happen today.

[GSP.FAN]

Not sure what the issue is ,enjoyed Le Carre books also Deighton books.

[Chode]

Len Deighton wanna be...

[Yo-Yo]

I enjoyed Le Carre's The Constant Gardener.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Screw Le Carré! Go with the "Eurosceptic Conservative" Frederick Forsythe if you want a good read!

[MadJack]

Russia House was excellent. Never got into any of Fleming’s novels.
Both are trumped by Alan Furst. If you have not read him, I strongly recommend it. Night Soldiers, the story of a Bulgarian recruited into the NKVD in the mid-30s is his best.

[montag813]

Jealous much, Mr. Carré?

[the OlLine Rebel]

I don’t care much for womanizing sex-obsessed Bond, either.

I much prefer Fleming’s other work, CHITTY-CHITTY BANG-BANG.

[a fool in paradise]

The Left called Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer also a fascist.

I guess some people got irked that “Mike” kicked the crap out of commie spies working for the Soviet Union to dominate the world.