Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Yes, but surely that moment was the nadir of Smiley's faith? His greatest moment of doubt and weakness for which he pays with the betrayal of his wife and for which his ultimate triumph over Karla represents his redemption?
Perhaps you are right. It’s just an increasingly common theme as one reads through his work; his message, if there is one, is ‘a plague on both your house’.