Deadly Secrets | George Smiley's Journey in 'Call for the Dead' by John Le Carre | Full Audio Book

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • The story revolves around George Smiley, a retired British intelligence officer, who is called back to investigate the suspicious suicide of a former colleague. Smiley uncovers a complex international conspiracy involving espionage and betrayal, putting him face-to-face with old and new enemies. As events escalate, he gets closer to revealing the truth that endangers his life.
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Комментарии • 77

  • @marktedjim301
    @marktedjim301 Месяц назад +14

    Fantastic story as ever with Le Carre and the narration exceptional. Thank you for the upload.

  • @keithhoughton4308
    @keithhoughton4308 6 месяцев назад +119

    There's a whole lifetime of experience in this man's narration. You will never find that in AI voices. Though sadly, many people won't notice.

    • @messrsandersonco5985
      @messrsandersonco5985 5 месяцев назад +13

      FYI, Jayston has narrated most of Le Carré's Smiley series. If you like his voice, you will probably like Hugo Speer' s voice. He plays Detective Stone in the BBC TV series by Danny Bocklehurst.

    • @valskelton9848
      @valskelton9848 5 месяцев назад +10

      He’s one of my favourite narrators. Rogue Male is excellent too. Perfect voice for the book.

    • @dawn.cheripaul3168
      @dawn.cheripaul3168 5 месяцев назад +7

      We notice. The timber tone inflections pace and pauses are what keep me listening. Even if my favourite story the voice is all important

    • @P_E_P_1966
      @P_E_P_1966 5 месяцев назад +12

      I totally agrees ! I avoid AI-audiobooks ; - they are boringly lifeless .

    • @charlesscottkelly
      @charlesscottkelly 5 месяцев назад +11

      I will not be listening to any AI voices..
      agree..with you🎉

  • @adekiely2125
    @adekiely2125 6 месяцев назад +106

    Jayston one of the very best actors and narrators! Sadly missed 🙏

    • @seniorelzappo9919
      @seniorelzappo9919 4 месяца назад +5

      Great voice..

    • @annbretagne2108
      @annbretagne2108 3 месяца назад +3

      Didn't he play Peter Guillam in one if the TV adaptations?

    • @jugheadsrule
      @jugheadsrule 2 месяца назад

      @@annbretagne2108 In Tinker Tailor but not in Smiley's People.

  • @vickycotham6937
    @vickycotham6937 5 месяцев назад +13

    Love the narrator too!! I’m loving George Smiley’s stories. This is my first one 😊

    • @marklong2248
      @marklong2248 4 месяца назад +4

      I'm jealous! You have some of the best books ever in front of you.

    • @martinholmes-ue9ko
      @martinholmes-ue9ko 6 дней назад

      Narrator is the fine actor David Jayston

  • @edithpiaf9250
    @edithpiaf9250 6 месяцев назад +42

    Greene, LeCarre and Buckley were such masters of this genre, because their plotlines were underwritten by the real politics and human tragedies of the complex times they were writing in, and writing about. While I enjoy more recent spy fiction, it's like the difference between eating a substantial, satisfying meal, and eating a Twinkie.

    • @anotherblonde
      @anotherblonde 6 месяцев назад +6

      Have you tried Brian Freemantle spy books? If you like LeCarre, you might enjoy those (at least 24 on Audible)

    • @edithpiaf9250
      @edithpiaf9250 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@anotherblonde Thanks so much for the tip!! God bless!

    • @virginiacrawford7985
      @virginiacrawford7985 5 месяцев назад +2

      Try Alan Furst for a feast

    • @anotherblonde
      @anotherblonde 5 месяцев назад

      @@virginiacrawford7985 TY ! Will do

  • @amanullahkariapper2503
    @amanullahkariapper2503 Месяц назад +8

    Majestic! Thank you!

  • @DaveBerry-y3y
    @DaveBerry-y3y 6 месяцев назад +33

    Thank you for this upload!
    Wonderful story, wonderfully read.

  • @svltana.b
    @svltana.b 2 месяца назад +7

    Thoroughly enjoying this, thank you for uploading!!!

  • @xtillwater5283
    @xtillwater5283 6 месяцев назад +26

    I concur.....very beautiful done😊

  • @sjr7822
    @sjr7822 6 месяцев назад +25

    I don't care for spy stories, however, the Narrator is the reason I'm sticking with this audiobook. I'll be asleep in no time.

    • @ditto1958
      @ditto1958 6 месяцев назад

      LeCarre books are an acquired taste, but different from other spy stories.

    • @williammartin2593
      @williammartin2593 4 дня назад

      Another reason is Lecarre is an EXCELLENT writer. Technically flawless, artistic , learned, observant, original and entertaining. Top shelf writer.

  • @anthonychase4364
    @anthonychase4364 6 месяцев назад +18

    Thank you. Beautifully rendered.

  • @gringoanon4550
    @gringoanon4550 3 месяца назад +8

    A really great narration. better than a movie.

  • @sidensvans67
    @sidensvans67 6 месяцев назад +34

    Wonderful narrator .

  • @glenngroves2315
    @glenngroves2315 4 месяца назад +8

    Great story wonderfully presented

  • @stormsprite
    @stormsprite 4 месяца назад +4

    A real treat, that was. :) Thank you!

  • @rodneytapit5636
    @rodneytapit5636 Месяц назад

    Not to be missed, thank you for great quality of content and sound.

  • @amystand7799
    @amystand7799 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you! 🙏
    Wonderful narration.

  • @helentarry2692
    @helentarry2692 20 дней назад

    Brilliant book. Superb narration. Thank you.

  • @hanaanddad5529
    @hanaanddad5529 6 месяцев назад +27

    Of course! Michael Jayston. Many thanks.

    • @SafiaGray
      @SafiaGray 5 месяцев назад +4

      Didn’t he play Peter Guillam in Tinker tv series?

    • @hanaanddad5529
      @hanaanddad5529 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@SafiaGray He did. Well done. He`ll always be Peter Guillam to many.

  • @МихаилСмирнов-ч8р
    @МихаилСмирнов-ч8р 5 месяцев назад +3

    Fabulous performance. Profound and thrilling book.

  • @RosscoeDownunder
    @RosscoeDownunder 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for this, much appreciated.

  • @votingcitizen
    @votingcitizen 2 месяца назад +7

    Odd that the narrator/reader, Michael Jayston, not credited. Jayston was great a Peter Guillam in Tinker Tailor. Unfortunate he didn't come back in Smiley's People.

  • @theodoreroelofsz44
    @theodoreroelofsz44 5 месяцев назад +7

    The NARRATOR made me "one with" Smiley.
    Whatever emotions he "felt", so did I.
    10 outta 10.

  • @noslohcinkin
    @noslohcinkin 5 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent, thanks.

  • @jeanettesdaughter
    @jeanettesdaughter 5 месяцев назад +2

    I listen to all of them for mention of the incongruity of the match between ordinary George and the Lady Ann. It adds a certain touch to the grim facts of counter intelligence There are more dangerous matters than the search for Karla. The entanglements and the messes people make!

  • @charlessmyth
    @charlessmyth 4 месяца назад +1

    Good to listen to :-)

  •  Месяц назад +2

    The reader sounds just like Peter Guillam from TTSS.

  • @brunothetiger
    @brunothetiger 27 дней назад +1

    2:40

  • @danlhendl
    @danlhendl 6 месяцев назад +3

    Beware the banality of evil!!!

  • @cavandavidson1185
    @cavandavidson1185 3 месяца назад

    Oh yes, sorry, of course. My point was more that Jayston overdoes the accent. As you know, a big part of the point about Smiley was that he was not "uppercrust" but married into it with unhappy results.

  • @davidjoy7654
    @davidjoy7654 Месяц назад

    A1 voices are spooky. Have em. Switch away always.

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g Месяц назад +1

    Complete

  • @TheKubelman
    @TheKubelman 6 месяцев назад +4

    The narrators voice reminds me of the actor who played Gwillum in Tinker Tailor.

    • @hislatestflame7861
      @hislatestflame7861 6 месяцев назад +3

      Guillam😊

    • @SimonaIrinaCantuniari
      @SimonaIrinaCantuniari 5 месяцев назад +6

      He really is the same. The brilliant Michael Jayston.

    • @Maisiewuppp
      @Maisiewuppp 2 месяца назад +1

      Unmistakably Michael Jayston - Peter Guillam from the tv dramatisation.

  • @andrewdewar8159
    @andrewdewar8159 Месяц назад

    There's a film of this, an old film of it.

  • @padraiggluck2980
    @padraiggluck2980 4 месяца назад

    Mrs. Fennan’s confession is illogical.

  • @АлександрРусаков-в4с
    @АлександрРусаков-в4с 4 месяца назад

    Walker Ruth Lee Richard Lee John

  • @SerikPoliasc
    @SerikPoliasc 4 месяца назад

    Hall Richard Young Ronald Garcia Frank

  • @GaryRichardson-x9x
    @GaryRichardson-x9x 4 месяца назад

    Lopez Anthony Harris Mark Harris Mary

  • @ДмитрийДепутатов
    @ДмитрийДепутатов 3 месяца назад

    Robinson Joseph Lewis Jose Rodriguez Linda

  • @kimmccabe1422
    @kimmccabe1422 5 месяцев назад

    Smiley wasnt fat and small with large clothes hanging from his body. My bullfrog was quite handsome lol

  • @cavandavidson1185
    @cavandavidson1185 3 месяца назад

    I know Michael Jayston has a lot of fans but after a while I find his voice really sickly and the overdone received English slightly artificial. It is particularly unctuous when he does smileys own voice.

    • @annbretagne2108
      @annbretagne2108 3 месяца назад

      1970s Oxbridge upper crust, I reckon.

    • @cavandavidson1185
      @cavandavidson1185 3 месяца назад +2

      In fact he had a modest upbringing and didn't attend Oxbridge.

    • @annbretagne2108
      @annbretagne2108 3 месяца назад

      No, I meant the characters/narrator/John Le Carré. Smiley went to Oxford, for example.

    • @Maisiewuppp
      @Maisiewuppp 2 месяца назад +4

      Jayston’s speech is entirely class neutral. Educated yes, but that’s not the same thing. George Smiley was perhaps unctuous, part of his mask, all things to all men etc. I believe Jayston was brought up in Nottinghamshire in modest circumstances. There is nothing wrong with exercising the English language to its potential. Better that than the ‘I fink e fort’ faction.

    • @john_atco
      @john_atco 2 месяца назад +1

      What do you want?? "" gord blimey what a knees up..lummy guv"