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Greene covered much of the same ground in The Human Factor. I find Greene to be the more edgier cynic on intelligence agencies. Human Factor is ultimately more
by billfruit 6y ago
Greene covered much of the same ground in The Human Factor. I find Greene to be the more edgier cynic on intelligence agencies. Human Factor is ultimately more profound than Tinker, Tailor..
Amazing that it was even filmed in its time; today I don't it would be greenlighted.
- motohagiography 6y agoGreene is certainly a more literary writer with more human insight, and le Carré would be more plot driven. I read Havana, Brighton, and Quiet American decades ago now. Genre wise, Alan Furst apparently took up the gauntlet, but his characters seemed like unmemorable plot devices to me.