“I am distressed to see myself described as ‘the greatest spy novelist of the ‘Cold War era’... it puts me in the past,” said le Carré. One doubts that the author would have been surprised to learn that history had rearranged itself back along the old fault lines just one year after his exit.
Review: Michael Idov on John le Carré
Review: Michael Idov on John le Carré
Review: Michael Idov on John le Carré
“I am distressed to see myself described as ‘the greatest spy novelist of the ‘Cold War era’... it puts me in the past,” said le Carré. One doubts that the author would have been surprised to learn that history had rearranged itself back along the old fault lines just one year after his exit.