All Men Are Born Free: Just Not

Treason Is Very Much A Matter Of Habit, Smiley Decided.

There Is A Big Difference Between Fighting The Cold War And Fighting Radical Islam. The Rules Have Changed And We Haven't.

We Have Learned In Recent Years To Translate Almost All Of Political Life In Terms Of Conspiracy. And The Spy Novel, As Never Before, Really, Has Come Into Its Own.

What Do You Think Spies Are: Priests, Saints And Martyrs? They're A Squalid Procession Of Vain Fools, Traitors Too, Yes; Pansies, Sadists And Drunkards, People Who Play Cowboys And Indians To Brighten Their Rotten Lives.

Smiley Was Soaked To The Skin And God As A Punishment Had Removed All Taxis From The Face Of London.