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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Smiley's People

Socialist Challenge No. 268, 5 November 1982 · p. 10 of the scan · 411 words

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episode two, and barcly made it back from Stoke Newingtor to Poplar to catch the last UTIC I saw 'Smiley's People from the beginning, more or less, to end.

It was worth it just to the discussions afterwards: •No, LOTTER was Smiley's Anne gave it to old George that's why Karla set up Haydon, to have an affair with Smiley's wife.

I must say Karla was a bit 0I5000008 He looked like a parody of the KGB hatchet man. OtherWIsC (though definitely ideologically was wonderful. I wanted each episode to go on for an hour longer Old Smile: had ideological problems too - and that was the heard of it.

And Rees lad elecled men whi actively Violence... class is more than a bit "ideologically unsound' a bit unsteady on their pins at the moment. Poor old SCOTEC MENO MO WISH through the tangle of red herrings, and his path through the thickets the British establishment - now choked with the 'new breed" up in the shadow of the CIA To make these dilemmas more obvious everybody was played to the edge of caricature. • In this, the series was faithful the book, which understand was written for the series well oiled wheels within wheels. But the drunken Connie being harried by George to get her memory Smiley's dismissal of his first and only love Anne (who has given up her racing drivers and wants to settle down) all this was a bit crude spake Chus Every Chipselar Vorther is a setback"

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