It did not quicken the end of slavery and just made conditions worse for them, futile. Murdering people was probably not a good tactic.

Did you read the book ffs?

1 the irish between the 5th centry to the 12th centry was raiding kidnapping killing r wording damaging property child labour enslaving and selling people from england wales scotland and porgigal and spain and france and also the great famie was caused by the blight and the brits was trying to help the irish im not lying look it up

Soviet Union collapsed cause by an idiot named Gorbachev. Once he basically dismantle the CPSU which with glasnost crap the whole system collapse and create wicked nationalism across Eurasia the USSR was needed reform not what Gorbachev did. The Chinese was the smart one.

Things went pretty downhill after that for Russia :/

Because of Reagan, Thatcher and Wojtyla. Reagan and Thatcher simply allowed drilling oil in the Gulf of Mexiko, Alaska and the North Sea. The energy prices decreased, thus the Soviet union economically dependent on on oil and gas revenues went bankrupt.

Whoever put this together doesn't appear to have read the book.

being around his age, the book was overall okay. I enjoyed it, feeling related to his feelings once in a while, but what really got to me, and I don't know why, but what really got to me, was the ending. The ending where he's sitting there under the rain watching Phoebe have fun after reassuring her that he's not going anywhere, it got to me and I kept reading that part over and over again while also listening to "Smoke gets in your eyes", which elevates the whole experience. Such a beautiful relationship and scene :,)

AI junk. Half of this is incorrect misinformation

It is a modern classic for sure and a candidate for the greatest spy novel of all time.

In the film, it was Hungary ( Budapest) where the "disaster" happened, where Jim gets shot and eventually tortured and "returned" back to the UK.

It's the best spy novel, because it's based upon real facts. The story is brilliantly written embellishment based upon a true shortlist of an MI5 mole who was never successfully caught. Take a read of the late Peter Wright's "Spycatcher" to see how the novel used the facts for its core story.

May God forgive him... ♥️

Both the Guinness tv adaptations are superior in every way. The film is terribly miscast. Smileys People has an extraordinary cast. Guinness. Beryl Reid. Curt Jurgens. Vladek Shebayl just to name a few. Britain again proves it has mastered drama far better than Hollywood Le Carre must have been paid a bundle to appear in but not write the script of the movie. No wonder they didnt follow up with the movie Smiley's People.

The videogame Metal Gear Solid V is rife with Moby Dick references and focuses on the themes of obsession and revenge.

Many of the names are mispronounced. In future, don't use US narrators.

Yes, this spy novel is the best of it's genre. The BBC production with Alex Guinness playing George Smiley is one of the best series ever . Every part of it was superb: production, script, director, music and all the actors.

Machiavellian philosophy goes a very long way to explaining how it was that Al Capone ended up dying in prison while suffering from syphilis.

The book is wonderful. This monstrosity of a movie should have never been made. It's awful. The BBC mini series with Alec Guiness is a worthy adaptation.

This video, IMO, is stating that Machiavellianism is harmful to the society as a whole - yes, that strikes me as true. It seems to me that among ordinary people, someone who uses Machiavellian practices will get a reputation such that people do not trust that person; however, a person in a position of power somehow keeps the trust of large numbers of people, perhaps because they do not interact directly with each individual but rather they act through others and thus their personal reputation does not become bad so quickly.

The narration is by a bot. Not watching. It's a desecration to use a bot to discuss such things.

Fool me once you are outta future transactions

Error The small group put together by Smiley to expose the Mole were partly retired personnel because they WERE retired and thus out of suspicion. The term Lamplighter was given to a type of MI-6 employee that specialized in SIGINT and HUMINT. Their duties were similar to those of NSA specialists.

I have the BBC adaptations of Tinker, Tailor and Smiley's People on VHS in a cupboard somewhere!

Have you even seen the film or read the movie?! Toby Esterhase and Roy Bland are actually two of the people under suspicion of being the Russian Mole. Ricky Tarr is informed of the mole not in Turkey, but in the novel it's Hong Kong. Interestingly, in the BBC TV Series it's Portugal.

I'm not sure it is the best. I think it's a tie between Tinker, Tailor and the Spy who Came in from the Cold

Saw the movie and thought it horribly overrated!

Russian here. Terrible is not the best way to translate "Грозный". But, as far as I know, there is no more accurate analogue in English. "Грозный" means someone you respect and fear at the same time. For example , a harsh, grizzled, policeman.

More like ivan the tragic

This is great thanks

Banger video thank you.

THE FILM VERSION is UTTER THIRD RATE RUBBISH THE ALEC GUINNESS T V VERSION IS THE BEST THE OLDMAN DROSS IS ONLY WORTHY OF THE LANDFILL DUMP IT IS LOW GRADE PLASTIC AND CRAP ACTING

Excellent review comment. I am of course, fan of the Alec Guinness as Smiley. I have read the book many times and ready to read it again. Your comments on the book with quick recap of the film truly made me to recall the movie. They have done a remarkable job in making a movie. Bill Haydon's character was based on Kim Philby...

This version is terribly lacking after The Alec Guiness version

God, I hate this AI-generated crap. Le Carré's work deserves better.

I love Le Carre novels. But this plot summary is a long way from the book, the movie or the BBC TV series. It gets many details wrong and mistakes the roles of critical characters. However, the idea is sound - Tinker Tailor is a masterpiece.

There are basic mistakes in this plot description - 'the Lamplighters' are part of The Circus and are run by Toby Esterhazy, Connie Sachs & Toby Esterhazy don't join Smiley's team, they are questioned by Smiley. Esterhazy & Bland are suspects as the KBG 'mole'. You can't even say this was dramatic licence by the film, it's just inaccurate. Seriously who wrote the plot synopsis for this video.

How much does this movie cost to produce? The cast alone...

Love both the movie and the series, they were both great in their own ways. The book is still worth reading just for the 2-3 pages of Ricky Tarr's backstory, which isn't covered in either adaptation and completely blew me away (and I thought was probably a story drawn from real events - le Carre had worked for The Circus IRL before being forced into retirement).

Le Carre is pronounced "Luh Car-RAY," Esterhase is pronounced "Ester Hahzee."

One wonders whether or not the writer or editor (if they aren't the same entity, of this script has ever actually read the novel or seen the films that are being reviewed here. Both Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy movies were (and a series too) based upon a great novel and all of them alone and together deserve a better effort at explanation than this sadly insipid offering.

Loved this book!!!

If they DON'T make ''Smiley's People'' after this they're missing a great opportunity. The cast is still alive, the interest is out here, and they could knock it out of the park.

BTW when the BBC wanted Alec Guinness to play Smiley, he said "no I'm too old." They then approached Donald Sutherland, when Alec heard that he said, "okay, I'll do it":

Tinker Tailor is my favorite book, it is a cozy, a thriller, and an espionage story rolled into one. I read it every year. Le Carre's style and writing are a master class in how to write.

Both Tinker, Tailor and Smiley's People have been uploaded on KZbin as 'The Quest for Karla'. Ten hours longs but without the intros and closings.

Tinker, Tailor was very good;; but I enjoyed Smiley's People more. (talking about the books).

I really wanted to enjoy this video because I enjoyed the movie, but the "text to speech" is lazy and sounds horrible. Didn't even get passed 10 seconds.

My first introduction to Jekyll & Hyde was from a movie called The Pagemaster. I watched it when I was quite young and I just remember Mr. Hyde scaring the ever living daylights out of me and giving me nightmares… I was practically traumatized by an animated film about talking books 😂

It's just a theory though. It's not scientific in the least.