Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Audio Cassettes

Rating:
Summary: Good book but not good for listening to in car
Review: Memo to self: books I listen to in the car should not have

- a complex plot (because if I miss something I'm out of luck)

- a wealth of detail (because it makes the book just too slow-moving)

Unfortunately, this book has both, which drastically limited my appreciation of it. It didn't help, either, that Muller reads with a fast, low, conspiratorial tone, which is appropriate to the book but makes it very hard to hear when driving at the speed limit on I-95.

That being said, LeCarré does a great job of giving one an inside feel of the espionage trade, and he has well-drawn characters. But I think to do the book justice I'd have to read the text rather than having it read to me. Too many times I just didn't understand what was going on or else I let my mind wander as someone's facial expression was described in excruciating detail.