RIP John le Carre

[A Cut Above]

A sit-down with a spy novelist: what John le Carre learnt from the secret service

The novelist who gave the world the great spymaster George Smiley has died.

www.theage.com.au

Vale history's greatest writer of espionage fiction. Do yourselves a favor and read the George Smiley trilogy, they're all fantastic.

 

[Mofra]

I heard a writer of fiction has passed away, so I sent condolences to Tom Browne's family

 

[A Cut Above]

I heard a writer of fiction has passed away, so I sent condolences to Tom Browne's family

If you get lucky one of them may even know how to read it.

 

[Laphroaig]

A sit-down with a spy novelist: what John le Carre learnt from the secret service

The novelist who gave the world the great spymaster George Smiley has died.

www.theage.com.au

Vale history's greatest writer of espionage fiction.

If you haven't given Mick Heron a test drive, do.

Not up to Le Carre as a plot builder, but a real pleasure to read.

I was more upset about Barbara Windsor though. Those barely contained bazooms were responsible for countless teenage nocturnal emissions back in the day.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

A sit-down with a spy novelist: what John le Carre learnt from the secret service

The novelist who gave the world the great spymaster George Smiley has died.

www.theage.com.au

Vale history's greatest writer of espionage fiction. Do yourselves a favor and read the George Smiley trilogy, they're all fantastic.

Absolutely brilliant.

Far too complex for 89.6% of Bay inhabitants.

There has been some decent screen adaptations for that collective though.

 

[A Cut Above]

If you haven't given Mick Heron a test drive, do.

Not up to Le Carre as a plot builder, but a real pleasure to read.

I was more upset about Barbara Windsor though. Those barely contained bazooms were responsible for countless teenage nocturnal emissions back in the day.

Absolutely brilliant.

Far too complex for 89.6% of Bay inhabitants.

There has been some decent screen adaptations for that collective though.

I binged on fiction years ago after purchasing my first iPad and read the collected works of Le Carre in between Ian Fleming & Raymond Chandler. Tremendously stimulating masculine stuff one should probably be wearing a smoking jacket to discuss.

As for the heathens who infest this place, no doubt they're available as audiobooks.

 

[Brolga]

The Alec Guiness TV dramatisation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People was superb.

His pen name came from his being called a square (?by his kids) and John Le Carre is French for John the square.

 

[Andrew Birch]

Vale. It's like a part of me has also died.

 

[FurTheWin]

Meh
He was no Ellroy

 

[This Is Anfield]

If you haven't given Mick Heron a test drive, do.

Not up to Le Carre as a plot builder, but a real pleasure to read.

I was more upset about Barbara Windsor though. Those barely contained bazooms were responsible for countless teenage nocturnal emissions back in the day.

You’ll just have to carry on without her...