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John le Carré

  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    Avery watched the lamps come up the street. He was quite young, belonging to that intermediate class of contemporary Englishman which must reconcile an Arts degree with an uncertain provenance.

    Очень точно и смешно

  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    not thawing and freezing, but static like a year without seasons.
  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    His voice varied a lot, like the voice of a commercial traveller. His phoney drawl was more extravagant when he addressed his own class, when it was a matter of emphasising a distinction which did not exist; or as now, when he was nervous.

    Witty observation

  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    Why the hell did he have to be surrounded by kids and women? He was doing a man’s job, wasn’t he, with five thousand dollars in his pocket and a phoney passport?

    Мужской мир

  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    Her son was less her projection than her excuse; a wall against the world and not a channel to it.

    Бутифул

  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    He was sleek, small and very bland; a precise cat of a man, clean-shaven and groomed.
  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    ‘Oh dear,’ said Avery automatically. It was their practice in the Department: antique and understated.
  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    There was no affectation but a spontaneous goodwill which does not seem to survive war or photographs.
  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    Leclerc adopted his academic tone. It had a bullying quality as if facts were facts and could not be disputed
  • Дмитрий Безугловhas quoted2 years ago
    Haldane’s cold gaze held Avery for a moment, then released him, his case not forgiven but suspended.
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