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Series: George Smiley (#4)

#4 The Looking Glass War

by John le Carré

AdventureFictionThrillerWarMysteryClassics
Moods: AdventurousEmotionalTense
Cover of The Looking Glass War
Hardcover
Pages 246 pages
Published 1965
Audiobook 8h 27m
Languages English, Italian, Swedish
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Publisher's Summary

A satire about an incompetent military espionage organization trying to regain its former glory by attempting to verify a Communist defector's story of a Soviet missile buildup in East Germany.…

Weighted Score
3.77 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 3.69 ★
v (Ratings Count): 70
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
Calculates a weighted average score to prevent bias towards books with few ratings.
Hardcover Avg: 3.69
True Ratings 70
Written Reviews 3
Shelved (Popularity) 162
Users Read 101
Rating Distribution
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14%
4
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3
37%
2
6%
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