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If you enjoy Le Carré and haven't checked out the Slough House series (novels and mini series on Apple TV) you're in for a treat. It's not exactly Le Carré, but
by yodon 4y ago
If you enjoy Le Carré and haven't checked out the Slough House series (novels and mini series on Apple TV) you're in for a treat. It's not exactly Le Carré, but it's definitely Cold War caliber spy fiction set in the present day with a very Smiley-esque old spy master and a budding young spy who is learning to think like a Smiley rather than act like the Bond he's been trained to be.
- GavinMcG 4y agoSlow Horses?
- astro-codes 4y agoSlow Horses contains absolutely none of the complexity of Le Carre. They're in the same genre, but are not comparable.
- LgWoodenBadger 4y agoIt also stars an actor who played George Smiley in another film.
- tptacek 4y agoThe series you really want is The Night Manager. Obviously, this assumes you've seen the BBC Tinker Tailor with Alec Guinness, the canonical Smiley.
- stevenwoo 4y agoThe conversations are pretty snappy and deadpan, reminiscent of one of the writer's previous work on Veep and The Thick of It, this show is often funnier to me than many comedies.