Talk:Smiley's People

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plot summary[edit]

the plot summary is festooned with personal interpretations of the novel such as "but the similarity of Smiley's methods to the cold and ruthless techniques of Karla himself robs Smiley of any apparent sense of triumph in the book's closing sentences" several of which are just plain wrong like this one or are 'original research'--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht ^Talk/_Stalk 20:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. This is an excellent plot summary and the last sentence is to the point, not at all "plain wrong". --Gr5959 (talk) 21:21, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"the Circus"[edit]

I've just added a hyperlink to the excellent plot synopsis, to explain what this commonly-used phrase means in le Carré's novels (though probably it's clear from the context). FWIW, in the British trailer for the 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Simon McBurney says "There's a mole right at the heart of the Circus" and for the US trailer he's dubbed saying "British intelligence" instead. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 23:33, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]