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The Little Drummer Girl
1984 · Film · 130 min
Directed by George Roy Hill
An American actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
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As a teenager, I picked out a copy of The Little Drummer Girl from a used book store quite by chance. I expected a simple spy action story, but what I read was a deep and anguishing examination of the personal impact of geopolitics on a someone’s identity.
If you’re new to Le Carré and want to tip your toe in, I’d recommend watching The Night Manager mini-series.
For someone who already enjoys Le Carré, it would be a shame to overlook A Perfect Spy, which is his most autobiographical and soul-wrenching work. Both the book and 1987 mini-series are excellent.
I really enjoyed The Little Drummer Girl - that is my favourite Le Carre book of the ones I've read. I didn't know it had been made into a film - I'll have to look out for that, thanks!
I've never read any of Le Carre's books, but saw a couple of films based on his books. The Little Drummer Girl was a pretty good film, so I'd like to read that book.