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John le carre the honorable schoolboy6/10/2023 There are so many truly captivating ones, many of which you’ve already mentioned. I agree that one of Le Carré’s best aspects of his work is his titles. It’s interesting to me that you don’t like the title. Maybe I'm missing a gigantic theme here (always possible!). I know this is an odd question, but the title just never made sense to me and always seemed to "stick out" among the LeCarre collection. It almost seems like the type of cheesy title a publisher would use to promote a new LeCarre compendium in the late-90's. What was the meaning behind the title of Smiley's People, relative to the Karla Trilogy itself? I can't imagine the book title is about emphasizing the likes of Connie Sachs or dozens of others with whom Smiley comes into contact with, over Smiley himself. For one, it's odd to see George Smiley's name in a title - even more than it would be to see James Bond's name in the title of a Fleming novel (which I checked and thankfully, never occurred). However Smiley's People has a such a weird, almost un-LeCarre like title. all of LeCarre's works had pretty legendary titles that befit the excellent plot and thematic material within each novel. Tinker, Call For the Dead, Honourable Schoolboy, Spy Who Came In, Perfect Spy, among many others. Wanted people's opinion on this (no pun intended).
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