I couldn’t wait to read the final novel in Smiley’s trilogy.  Yes, it was just as good a read as the first two, once again filled with memorable members of the Langdon family.  I cried after I finished Golden Age because the ending was sad and also because it was the last I would read of the Iowan farm family.  The only criticism I have, is that once one begins reading the first book in the trilogy, Some Luck, it’s difficult to stop.