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Max Hertzberg
Autor(a) de A Consensus Handbook: Co-operative Decision-Making for Activists, Co-ops and Communities
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- Obras
- 11
- Membros
- 69
- Popularidade
- #250,752
- Avaliação
- 3.2
- Críticas
- 4
- ISBN
- 10
A random find, so I didn't start with the first book of the series. It's your classic Cold War spy tale though, set in the world of the East German cousins, poorer but more 'human faced'. Smiley would feel at home, although the minutiae feel a bit more Prussian and heel-clicking than le Carré's concern for the right schools and cricket. The details do make this an interesting read and worth their wiki-digressions: Kaffeemix isn't just a bad ersatz coffee, it's also a major economic near-collapse for the whole state. Fascinating.
It lost a star for the ending. Yes, I expected everyone to have been double-crossing everyone else, that's how it goes. But when I have to find a Stasi organisational chart just to work out what the ending meant, that's a weakness. And what did happen to Sanderling?… (mais)