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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9737505" data-attributes="member: 7033171">Read "The Looking Glass War" by John Le Carre.Ooph, this was a tough read. I think this is a bit underrated because it is more difficult to read than "The Spy from the Cold" and has less dramatic and theatralic story beats. Its probably one of the most realistic books of Le Carre according to reviewers and I can see why - an special operations office in decline, dreaming for the impact they had in WW2, pushing a bonkers and ill-prepared mission and leaving their humanity behind just in a illusive dream to be relevant again. But when confronted with reality, they just drop their asset and try to save them selves. The characters, especially the leaders, come off as really ugly and inhuman here while being full of banality and blandness. The monstrosity of bureacracy, its full on display in this really bleak novel.</blockquote>