The Berlin Wall is toppled, the Iron Curtain swept aside.
The Secret Pilgrim is Ned, a decent, loyal soldier of the Cold War, who has been in British Intelligence - the Circus - all his adult life. Now, approaching the end of his career, he is forced by the exlosions of change to revisit his secret years.
Ned illuminates the brave past and even braver present of the legendary George Smiley, his hero and mentor, who, in one unforgettable evening, gives back to him the dangerous edge of memory that cuts through Ned's self-delusion and empowers him finally to frame the questions that have haunted him - and the world - for thirty years....
Iam about a third of the way through this book at present and after a slow start the story builds and grows on you.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

This book, set in England, is a fabulous read, slow to start but the tension slowly mounts as our hero, Ned regales us with tale after tale of his career as a spy.
I gave this to my boyfriend in Pambula to read and release.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

On a table at the cafe..