Which John Le Carre Novel?

[DS23]

for le carre you will be wanting "the spy who came in from the cold". if you like it there's plenty more of the same.

yes, deighton is worth a go too - he's usually a bit more boy's own than le carre. i think "bomber" is his masterpiece though.

[Bob Dalek]

Ignore Le Carre. Go for Len Deighton: Horse Under Water, The IPCRESS File, and his masterpiece: Billion Dollar Brain. Le Carre's stuff is dull and phony reality toot.

[sasguru]

Start with the Karla trilogy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker,...,_Soldier,_Spy

[Spacecadet]

John Le Carre was being interviewed on Radio 4 whilst I was on my way home tonight.
Interesting bloke and whose books I've clearly ignored for too long.

Any recommendations on which one to start with?