Independent Reading Entry 13

Unfortunately I left Scar Tissue in a bathroom at the A terminal in the Philadelphia airport recently. That really disappoints me because it was shaping up to be my favorite book that i've read in a long time. I had brought it as my main source of entertainment on the two day trip and was incredibly not entertained the whole time. I plan to buy another copy of the book soon so i can finish it.

In the mean time I read The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John LeCarre. My uncle suggested it to me on the trip that i went on where i had lost my previous book and i began reading it right away. He described it as the best spy novel ever written and so did Graham Greene on the back of the book. Graham Greene was a British spy for a while but became an author later in life and i have enjoyed the books that i've read by him so i trusted that this would be a great novel. It started off a little over my head in some parts and it began somewhat slow. Not that there was a lack of action i just couldn't put it together until much later on in the book. Alec Leamas is the main character of the book and he is rarely referred to as Alec and almost always referred to as Leamas. This i think is to give a greater distance from the reader to the main character who is an aging field man that is an alcoholic with no real ups or downs. His numbness and lackluster are apparent in the novel but he is still incredibly smart and good at what he does.