I gave up on Le Carre..
...his books suddenly became less interesting, but "Smiley's People" and "Tinker, Tailor...", were masterpieces. If you saw the Alec Guiness interpretation of the character on TV you are indeed very fortunate. With the possible exceptions of "Brideshead Revisited", and "I, Claudius",
that's some of ther best drama ever filmed.
