The paradox at the end of this superb, tough, highly sophisticated novel is that Leamas, in refusing to come in from the cold as a spy, does in fact come in from the cold as a person.
In his superb and highly sophisticated review of David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel, "The Pale King" (April 17), Tom McCarthy stops to take a look at the publication of "Fate, Time, and Language" — Wallace's undergraduate philosophy thesis, along with commentary by other authors — about the seminal and controversial 1962 essay "Fatalism," by the philosopher Richard Taylor.
The 5th and 4th centuries bce were the years of the great Classical period, the time when a very simple but highly sophisticated and superb quality of work was achieved.
Stucki, also Michelin-starred, is a house with a long lawn and garden; the new owner and chef, Tanja Grandits, combines local products with touches of Asia, plus a superb wine list, in a sophisticated way.
Spring is in the air in this impressive Canadian city, where the accent is French, the cuisine sophisticated and the cycling superb.
There is little doubt that French intelligence had excellent sources, with a remarkable agent network, a sophisticated signals intelligence bureau and superb photoreconnaissance.
As for economics, he said it was a "highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policy makers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong".
In his commencement speech, he developed a similarly skeptical line, saying, "Economics is a highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policy-makers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong.
In a twisted way, it appears to be a mark of a sophisticated book lover to have a superb disdain for certain kinds of book.
He has superb bench skills and seems to be competent at operating our sophisticated machines, but he has had no experience with our computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing software.
Standard rooms are great value, superior rooms have spiral staircases to sun roofs, and the small but sophisticated family suite with direct access to the pool is superb.
