The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1481521624 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 123 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Who could have hated Stella Rode enough to kill her? The Spy Who Came in from the Cold introduces Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. A Murder of Quality finds Smiley investigating a murder in a private school. The Honourable Schoolboy sees Smiley determined to destroy his nemesis, Karla, and his spy networks. George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. But the harsh realities of the Cold War now prevail, and there is no place for heroes Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the first book in the Karla trilogy, and sees Smiley searching for a mole who has infiltrated the Circus. What follows takes to a thrilling conclusion his career-long, serpentine battle with the enigmatic an
"A radio triumph Simon Russell Beale's pitch-perfect master spy." —Financial Times
"pretty good" according to it. These stories are presented on 21 each one hour CDs. The stories are two or three hours long. The two hour ones are the Looking Glass War, Call for the Dead, and A Murder of quality. The presentation is in stereo and the speakers are spread (most of the time) across the left-right space so you can keep track of them more easily. There are all sorts of background sound effects.The stories are abridged and simplified somewhat in order to make them fit into the time limits. Also radio cannot show things visually and these things are even spoken or missing. One example is the missing portion of the Tinker Tailor story when Sm. Simply Awesome Mangavideo Voice acting is perfect.Simon Russel Beal almost sounds identical to Alex Guiness.The cast of characters are likewise cast perfectly and use the perfect balance of dark emotion and level enunciation to create gripping stories that measure up to the Hollywood productions starring Guiness and OldmanThe Ambient sound effects are just right and add to the superb visualization that unfolds as the scenes play outWord of recommendation, listen to these at night or in the dark with a good stereo system or a good set of Headphones. If you are burning it, be sure to do it lossless in ALAC (ITunes), WAV or FLAC. If possible, listen . Great radio dramas I recently re-read many LeCarre novels and because my work sometimes takes me a long drives or flights, I thought this might be fun. Some of the stories are abridged and sometimes interesting details are edited out.Many of these stories have been made into TV series or movies: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Smiley's People, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,