Showing posts with label Call for the Dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Call for the Dead. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 January 2026

Spies in The Compleat Angler

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Today is an interesting date for amateurs of spy thrillers, especially fans  John Le Carré . In Call for the Dead ,  George Smiley  receives...
Saturday, 7 June 2025

The (mysterious, iconic) Compleat Angler

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I took this picture a few months ago, when one of our visit in the little town of  Marlow . You can easily recognise The Compleat Angler , a...
Friday, 3 January 2025

Spy Meeting at the Compleat Angler

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 Today marks a special kind of anniversary, which I mention it every year as a sort of tradition. January is kind of an uneventful month, so...
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Friday, 19 January 2024

The Compleat Angler

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I blogged before about at The Compleat Angler at Marlow , including this month . This is because it is mentioned (but surprisingly not fea...
Thursday, 4 January 2024

Spies at The Compleat Angler

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Quick post today, because I blogged on the very same topic yesterday . As you may know from John Le Carré 's Call for the Dead , today ...
Wednesday, 3 January 2024

Spy Meeting Tomorrow

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" Dear George,       It is essential that I lunch with you tomorrow at The Compleat Angler at Marlow . Please do your best to meet me ...
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Thursday, 5 January 2023

Spy Meeting in Marlow

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 I blogged about this particular subject back in 2019 , but thought this would be the right time to blog about it again, sadly I miss the da...
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Tuesday, 9 February 2021

A Thrilling Spy Cover

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I blogged about Call for the Dead by John Le Carré before, here and here. One of te objectives I have this year is to read more of his wor...
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Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Call for the Dead

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I have not done it in a good while, so here is today’s reading suggestion: Call for the Dead by John Le Carré . A sort of (accidental) p...
Saturday, 26 January 2019

The Compleat Angler in a spy novel

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I am currently reading Call for the Dead , the first novel (or rather novella) written by John Le Carré . Like for last year, I thought this...
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