Le Carre sucks and is a lib. The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold largely sucked.
The best of the bunch was Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in the Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin.
Next this anti-semite will be blaming “James Bond” and his creator, Ian Fleming, as being “Zionists”. He might even be a closet “Burqua Boy”, if memory serves me correctly.
Le Carre’ is also anti-American. Check out his statements for the past 10-20 years.
Sounds jealous. Maybe he should see a therapist about that.
Le Carre and the absence of a sense of humor. Coming next - doubts about Indiana Jones as an archaeologist.
Many years ago I tried valiantly but just could never finish a Le Carre “thriller”. According to his reasoning Mata Hari was not a spy, but Edith Clavell was. Guess what John they both were.
Hey John, How many people even know who George Smiley is?
That would make sense. Lc’s books are tedious and pretty boring. Not to mention the Hero ALLWAYS dies. In the end.
I fail to see the problem here, especially if Britain pays the tab. :)
At the root of Bond there was something neo-fascistic and totally materialist,” said Le Carré, who once worked with the British Foreign Service. “You felt he would have gone through the same antics for any country really, if the girls had been so pretty and the Martinis so dry.”
Although he’s a work of fiction I strongly disagree....Bond enjoyed the finer things in life and women but wasn’t completely about the money...
Like others here, I struggled with one of his "esteemed novels". It sucked.
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" in spite of Alec Guinness playing George Smiley - Sucked.
So, David Cornwall, do you notice some kind of pattern here?
What is with you Brits who claim, through some name changing magic, to be connected to the French? You and that other socialist, anti-semetic hump Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno.
John, your just jealous that only a few die-hard leftists will remember you and your work, if only vaguely, while Fleming and Bond will still be renowned far into the future.
My knowledge is very limited. I’ve never heard of him or his spy character.
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” is a wonderful novel if you’re interested in the Great Game as the Brits called it, the West vs. the Soviets, from the end of WWII to the 1970’s. Lots of fascinating detail.
The BBC adaptation with Alec Guinness is available on DVD, and it’s one of the best TV productions EVER. It’s a multi-part mini-series; save it for a weekend for when you’re down with the flu or something and watch it straight through.
I wonder if that had anything to do with Fleming's wild success in fiction books and Hollywood films? Duh.
Sour grapes, apparently his stuff wasn’t as popular as Flemming’s so he doesn’t like Bond books.
I still read Le Carre. Don't like his politics.
I just finished McEwan's The Innocents, based on a true story of espionage in Berlin in the 1950s--excellent. Good portraits of American vs. British spies. Seems very true to life and historically accurate.