From Barnes & NobleThe author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Smiley's People, and The Constant Gardener should need no introduction to readers on any side of any ocean. His twenty-third novel shows that this octogenarian and former MI6 agent is not content to do retreads of the Cold War espionage thrillers that made him famous. A Delicate Truth takes us in a Gibraltar counter-terrorism operation concocted by British foreign minister, an ambitious private defense contractor, and a zealot, corrupt CIA agent. That it comes to no good might not surprise anyone, but what happens next certainly will.
Library JournalAs he approaches the microphone, he adjusts his tie as well as his accent, with just a hint of his Glaswegian upbringing on show, but not too much, of course.
