I've liked John Le Carré's books since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, but I haven't read any for a while. Now he's written a new one entitled Absolute Friends, which takes place in the now.
The action moves restlessly forward in time, past the fall of the Wall, through the Gulf War and up to the present day. Ted and Sasha watch the triumph of the cold war — a triumph for which they mortgaged much of their lives being squandered by corporate cowboys and callow compromisers.
If you think that passage is aimed at a particular country and its President, you're absolutely right. Le Carré is an angry man.
I have a couple of gift certificates at Borders left over from my birthday; I think I'll spend them on this one upon its release (January 12).
Posted by Linkmeister at January 9, 2004 03:12 PM