i've been chain listening to audibooks by john le carre and frederick forsyth for the past two months.
my favourites....
forsyth:
dogs of war - 10/10
odessa file - 10/10
avenger - 9.5/10
le carre:
tinker, tailor, soldier, spy* - 9/10
i've also listened to
the fist of god - 8/10
the fourth protocol - 7/10
the fox - 4/10
icon - 8+/10
the honourable schoolboy - 7/10
i've got a few more le carre books to listen to, but at the moment i think i much prefer forsyth's drier, more real-world approach, even if his endings are almost unanimously underwhelming (with the exception of the novels i mentioned here) Also, i haven't listened to The Day of the Jackal yet because I love the film and don't feel in any rush to supplement it... but i definitely will.
*it's funny but, really, i think that one could have used a few of the things that the makers of the film took liberties inserting