[George Smiley]

Done the same thing myself.

But not for a number of years with a LeCarre novel, unfortunately.

Start reading the later stuff and get bored out of my skull.

He wrote better before he started trying to inject his own personal politics into his books.

[1rudeboy]

The later stuff, like The Constant Gardener, is nearly unreadable in my opinion.

I won't go as far as to say that Le Carre has gotten formulaic (like Clancy), but he's gotten close.