ISBN: 1590513703

Necessary Evil and Necessary Hypocrisy: An Essay by Avner Mandelman Necessary evil is a cost of civilized life. This is a theme that runs through much of my work, since all societies have… Mehr…

Necessary Evil and Necessary Hypocrisy: An Essay by Avner Mandelman Necessary evil is a cost of civilized life. This is a theme that runs through much of my work, since all societies have dirty jobs that must be done, if society is to survive. But what if some truly necessary jobs--secret assassinations, blackmailing of spies' kin, physical interrogations--are also immoral? So immoral that society cannot acknowledge their existence even to itself? Who shall do those jobs, and what should happen to the doers? This is one of the most incendiary topics an author can choose, because it forces his readers to confront their own hypocrisy. It's also the topic John le Carr? embraced. I still remember the electric shock I felt as I encountered George Smiley for the first time, when I was still living in Israel in the 1960s. Here, finally, was reality as I witnessed it daily, both in war and in life constantly shadowed by war. No other words I'd read spoke of this terrible dilemma more eloquently and disturbingly. It was the part of life essentially unfit for print. Because I had met many Smileys, I instantly knew that this is what I had always wanted to write about but never knew it was allowed. Le Carr?, however, did not shy away from the question of necessary evil, and his novels thereby transcend genre spy fiction. He succeeds, I believe, because of two virtues: First, of course, is his immense talent. But second, and not least, is contemporary,fiction,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,suspense,thrillers Suspense, Other Press<

ISBN: 1590513703

Necessary Evil and Necessary Hypocrisy: An Essay by Avner Mandelman Necessary evil is a cost of civilized life. This is a theme that runs through much of my work, since all societies have… Mehr…

Necessary Evil and Necessary Hypocrisy: An Essay by Avner Mandelman Necessary evil is a cost of civilized life. This is a theme that runs through much of my work, since all societies have dirty jobs that must be done, if society is to survive. But what if some truly necessary jobs--secret assassinations, blackmailing of spies' kin, physical interrogations--are also immoral? So immoral that society cannot acknowledge their existence even to itself? Who shall do those jobs, and what should happen to the doers? This is one of the most incendiary topics an author can choose, because it forces his readers to confront their own hypocrisy. It's also the topic John le Carr? embraced. I still remember the electric shock I felt as I encountered George Smiley for the first time, when I was still living in Israel in the 1960s. Here, finally, was reality as I witnessed it daily, both in war and in life constantly shadowed by war. No other words I'd read spoke of this terrible dilemma more eloquently and disturbingly. It was the part of life essentially unfit for print. Because I had met many Smileys, I instantly knew that this is what I had always wanted to write about but never knew it was allowed. Le Carr?, however, did not shy away from the question of necessary evil, and his novels thereby transcend genre spy fiction. He succeeds, I believe, because of two virtues: First, of course, is his immense talent. But second, and not least, is contemporary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,suspense,thrillers Suspense, Other Press<

ISBN: 1590513703

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