The Russia House | Social Concerns
One of the aspects of le Carre's fiction that critics most admire is its careful examination of the social implications of spying. In The Russia House, the Soviet Union is in the midst of glasnost, through which the government is trying to adopt a more reasonable attitude toward the Western world. The novel is full of examples of the changes, such as when KGB guards exchange a wink with a British book agent over their admiration of a beautiful Russian woman. The previously hostile attitude toward foreigners has seemingly relaxed.
On the other hand, The Russia House...
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