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ABSOLUTELY STUPID.

The article begins with: "The Secret Pilgrim is the 1990 novel, set within the frame narrative of a series of lectures by John le Carré's George Smiley..."

Dumb. The novel describes ONE NIGHT of Smiley's remarks. The remarks prompt a series of recollections by the narrator (a younger colleague of Smiley). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.236.15.112 (talk) 06:32, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Polishing his glasses on his tie - I don't think so.[edit]

The text of Chapter 2 makes it quite clear that Smiley is wearing a black bow tie throughout the evening in question.Lazyzee (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:55, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is mention elsewhere in the book of Smiley's habit of polishing his glasses with the lining of his tie.--NickPretzel (talk) 19:47, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone tell me why the Fruin story (Part Ten) is SO familiar. I remember a version of it on television (lowly clerk being interview by two people and he admits to learning Russian via Moscow) but I can't remember what the show was. I haven't found a listing for the dramatization of Secret Pilgrim but I think this is an urban legend in spydom and someone else wrote about it somewhere. Anyone know what show on television it was? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.76.73.206 (talk) 01:02, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Parts and ‘Fruin’ or ‘Frewin’[edit]

I am currently reading a Penguin Modern Classics (first published in 2011) copy of this book and the parts, as described in this article, don't correspond to the chapters. For instance, the Frewin (not Fruin – was this name changed?) story is in chapter 11. Admittedly, the opening chapter is merely a recounting of how Ned came to invite Smiley to give his lecture. However I found the allusion to parts a little ambiguous. Was the book restructured for the Penguin version? I notice that the copyright is listed as “Copyright © David Cornwell, 1991, 2001”.--NickPretzel (talk) 19:47, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reception?[edit]

Nothing on critical reviews of this book? Seems rather a major omission for an article about a book by such a widely known author. This isn't Amazon books. – Sca (talk) 15:51, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]