Yeah, that one is pretty high on my le Carré to-read list. There's a lot about the premise that could be done wrong (holding up a dead woman as a virtuous martyr and all that) but despite some of le Carré's other issues I'm inclined to trust him to handle that particular situation decently.

I don't think it's impossible to write a good book involving Israeli politics, but I'm not sure I trust a white and non-Jewish European (or Brit as distinct from European, possibly even worse given the history) to be the one to do it. And even if I did, the whole topic is such a sore spot for me that right now the only thing to do is avoid it entirely or wind up feeling stressed out and guilty.