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.
Fleming and Bond will still be renowned far into the future....Fleming was the first author that got me to actually read. He also got me in lots of trouble with the nuns who wanted me to study in study hall. I told them I was studying....England, the Caribbean, Russia, etc.